Since 2019, Derkach has actively promoted unsubstantiated and often debunked conspiracy theories alleging that, while serving as vice president, Biden influenced Ukraine’s domestic policy for personal gain. While he is currently an independent lawmaker, Derkach was formerly a member of the pro-Russian Party of Regions. Until 2014, Derkach was part of the interstate delegation to the Russian Orthdox Church synod. Like his father, Andrii Derkach graduated from the KGB academy in Moscow, which was later renamed the Academy of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB). Some Kremlin-linked actors are also seeking to boost President Trump’s candidacy on social media and Russian television.”Īccording to Evanina, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center provided 20 classified briefings on election interference to stakeholders since May.Ī lawmaker in Ukraine’s parliament since 1998, Derkach is the son of General Leonid Derkach, a former Soviet KGB officer, who led the Security Service of Ukraine in the late 1990s. “For example, pro-Russia Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach is spreading claims about corruption – including through publicizing leaked phone calls – to undermine former Vice President Biden’s candidacy and the Democratic Party. “This is consistent with Moscow’s public criticism of (Biden) when he was Vice President for his role in the Obama Administration’s policies on Ukraine and its support for the anti-Putin opposition inside Russia,” the statement reads.
While China and Iran would prefer Trump not be reelected, Russia is attempting to denigrate his opponent, Biden, and “what it sees as an anti-Russia ‘establishment’” in the United States, Evanina said. National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said that the intelligence community was concerned about potential election interference by three countries: Russia, China and Iran. 7 statement, William Evanina, director of the U.S.
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