---
id: 11
name: Vitalii Zakharchenko
sanctionsCountry: Ukraine
fullName: Vitalii Yuriyovych Zakharchenko
nativeName: Віталій Юрійович Захарченко
surname: Zakharchenko
firstAndMidleNames: Vitalii Yuriyovych
aliases:
  - Vitaliy
  - Vitali Yurievich
  - Iurievich
  - Iurevich
  - Iuriiovych Zakharchenko
  - Zaharchenko
identifyingInformation: Former Minister of Internal Affairs
placeOfBirth: 'Ukraine, Donetsk oblast, Kostiantynivka'
dateOfBirth: 20.01.1963
countryOfResidence: ''
corruptionLink: government
familyMembers:
  - name: Lyudmyla Zakharchenko
    type: spouse
familyMembersSubjectToSanctions: []
suspectedOrConfirmedOverseasProperties: ''
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToLegalEntities: ''
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToBankAccounts: ''
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToOtherAssets: ''
estimatesOfAssetsFrozenOrConfiscated: ''
estimatesOfAssetsReturned: None
typeOfSanctions: Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available
startOfSanctions: 06.03.2014
---
Zakharchenko was ousted from the office at the same time as Viktor Yanukovych, 
both facing charges of using violence against protesters in the February 2014 
Euromaidan riots, which led to several deaths of protestors. He was last seen in 
Russia in April 2014 during a joint press conference with Viktor Yanukovych and 
former prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka. 
[1](https://www.rt.com/news/yanukovich-ukraine-war-civil-292/)
