And continues to actively support aggression against our country.
Many Russian officials close to dictator Vladimir Putin have not yet been deprived of high state awards in Ukraine . Despite the support for the occupation of the Ukrainian Crimea and Donbass by a full-scale war against our country.
There is no mechanism for deprivation of state awards in Ukraine, deputies have developed a bill on deprivation of state awards. But he has not yet been accepted. Journalists of the “Schemes” project studied documents in the Central State Archive of the highest authorities and administration of Ukraine to find out which of Putin's Russian supporters still has high ranks from Ukraine.
- The head of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev has been the owner of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise since 2004. He was awarded by the second President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma at the request of the head of the High Council of Justice Sergei Kivalov .
“It was under his leadership that the courts of the Ukrainian Crimea were re-subordinated to the system of Russian courts,” the journalists note.
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- Senator of the Federation Council Nikolai Ryzhkov – in 2004 his candidacy for the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise was recommended by the Embassy of Ukraine in Russia at the request of Foreign Minister Konstantin Grishchenko .
Ryzhkov publicly called on the Federation Council to support and allow the deployment of troops in Ukraine in 2014, for which he was on the sanctions lists of Britain and the United States. The senator's assets in Ukraine have been blocked since 2018.
On February 22 this year, Ryzhkov voted to recognize the “independence” of ORDLO.
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- Oligarch Herman Khan – in 2004 by the decree of Leonid Kuchma was awarded the distinction “Named Firearms” and the Order of Merit III degree. The letter on the award was submitted by Minister Grishchenko.
Khan's letter praises “fruitful work” for the benefit of the Luhansk region, in particular, the Lisichansk refinery. According to media reports, the plant is now controlled by Rosneft, and since 2012 the company has been under repair.
On March 15, Khan was on the EU sanctions list as an “oligarch close to Putin.”
As the main shareholder of the Alfa Group conglomerate, which includes Alfa Bank, he is one of the most influential people in Russia. And close relations with Putin allow for business and legal benefits. Alfa-Bank finances Alfa-Endo, a charity project of Putin's daughter Maria.
The sanction document also states that this businessman “provides a significant source of income for the government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for annexation and destabilization.”
- Rector of the Kuzbass Regional Institute for the Development of Vocational Education, former governor of the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation Aman-Geldy Tuleyev – in 2004 was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise at the request of Minister Grishchenko.
After the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, an acquittal appeared on the university's official Vkontakte website, justifying the attack with Ukraine's alleged intention to attack Kremlin-controlled L-DNR formations.
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