Soviet-Ukrainian intelligence officer and politician (1939–2022)
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasylovych and the family name is Derkach.
Деркач Леонід Васильович
Leonid Vasylovych Derkach (Ukrainian: Леонід Васильович Деркач; 19 July 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician, intelligence officer, and general who was Head of the Security Service of Ukraine from 22 April 1998 to 10 February 2001. Called the "Ukrainian Sorge" (Russian: "Украинский Зорге"),[1][2] he headed one of the five groups in the Dnipropetrovsk Mafia.[3][a] The Derkach family maintains very close relationships with Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman's Moscow-based Alfa Group and Petr Aven's Alfa-Bank.[3][4]
Both Andrii and Leonid Derkach were also close to Vadim Rabinovich as well as Semyon Mogilevich, Alexander Angert [ru; uk], Leonid Minin, and Sergei Mikhailov, members of the Russian, Ukrainian, and Israeli mafias.[5]
^"Схема можливих зв'язків л.Деркача та А.Деркача (Схема связей Деркачей)" [Scheme of possible connections L. Derkach and A. Derkach (Derkach Communications Scheme or Scheme of Derkach Spy Cell)]. «Украины Криминальной» (cripo.com.ua) (in Ukrainian). 26 June 2001. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021 – via compromat.ru.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"ДИНОЗАВРЫ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО РЭКЕТА: Сева Могилевич" [DINOSAURS OF THE DOMESTIC RACKET: Seva Mogilevich]. «Украины Криминальной» (cripo.com.ua) (in Russian). 23 December 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ abcSchneider, Eberhard (20 February 2007). "Ukraine - gespalten zwischen Ost und West (Ukraine - divided between East and West)". Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (German Federal Agency for Civic Education). Retrieved 5 December 2019. (Translation of relevant paragraphs at Talk on page of Andrii Derkach, L. Derkach's son)
^Прибыловский, Владимир (Pribylovsky, Vladimir) (28 June 2001). "КУЧМИСТЫ И БЕЗКУЧМИСТЫ: Кто есть кто на Украине в сравнении с Россией" [KUCHMISTS AND LANDLESS LEADERS: Who is who in Ukraine in comparison with Russia]. Независимая Газета (Nezavisimaya Gazeta) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 July 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Ельцов, Олег (25 June 2001). "Из жизни Деркачей. Часть 3. Зарвавшиеся" [From the life of the Derkachs. Part 3. Overcome]. Украина криминальная (Crime Ukraine). Archived from the original on 3 July 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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