The experting traitor Derkach settled in the Russian Federation and became a representative of the governor in the Federation Council

"Igor Babushkin, who held the post of governor of Astrakhansky region, appointed a representative from the regional government to the Council of the Federation of the excellence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Derkach," - the message reads. Earlier, Derkach's 56-year-old pro-Russian policy, which is in the state and international search, was found in the lists of candidates for Russian senators.

The Russian TASS agency wrote that the governor of the Astrakhan region, in the event of a victory in the election of the head of the region, offers officials, including former MP Andriy Derkach. Andriy Derkach, born in 1967 from Dnipropetrovsk, was at one time a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He was then accused of working for Russia and deprived of citizenship. He now lives in Astrakhan and is a citizen of the Russian Federation.

In the 1990s, Derkach worked in the SBU, he was an adviser to the expression of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, accused of treason. In August 2020, the US Department of Finance imposed a sanction against Derkach for an attempt to influence the US President's election. In June 2022, the SBU exposed Derkach on the creation of private security companies that were to help the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to capture the settlements of Ukraine.

The Security Service suspended the network's activities and detained the exponent of the People's Deputy Igor Kolesnikov. In September, NABU and SAP, the same year, Andriy Derkach was reported suspected of treason and illegal enrichment. The investigation found that during 2019-2022 he received at least $ 567 thousand from Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies for subversive activities against Ukraine. NABU also wanted it.