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According to The Washington Post, the United States canceled the visa for the former employee of the Ukrainian embassy in the United States, political consultant in the United States and Canada, Andrei Telizhenko, shortly before the introduction of sanctions against the non-fractional deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Derkach. The two collaborated with US President Rudolph Giuliani’s personal attorney, the newspaper writes.
The US State Department has revoked a visa to the former employee of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, political consultant in the United States and Canada, Andrei Telizhenko, who collaborated with the US president’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani. The Washington Post wrote about this on October 5, citing data from its sources.
High-ranking US officials told the newspaper that Telizhenko helped Giuliani find information that could compromise former Vice President Joe Biden and prevent him from running for president in 2020.
Telizhenko was unable to board an International Airlines flight from Kiev to New York on September 9, a Ukrainian government source told reporters.
Telizhenko’s visa was canceled shortly before the introduction of sanctions against the non-factional people’s deputy, Andrei Derkach, writes The Washington Post. The publication notes that these events took place in the context of the tough measures taken by the United States to curb Russia’s attempts to influence the presidential elections scheduled for November 3.
The former diplomat accompanied Giuliani during his 2019 visit to Ukraine, during which Trump’s lawyer met with Derkach; Both Telizhenko and Derkach were in close contact with Giuliani, the newspaper writes.
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Derkach on September 10 for trying to influence the US presidential election.
Along with Derkach, sanctions were imposed on three other Russians: Artem Lifshits, Anton Andreev and Daria Aslanova, employees of the Russian Internet Research Agency (better known as the “Troll Factory”).
“Derkach maintains close ties with the Russian intelligence services and has been an active Russian agent for more than 10 years, using manipulation and deception to try to influence the US elections,” said Daniel Langenkamp, president of the embassy. of the United States in Ukraine, on October 5. He explained that all business partners and legal entities affiliated with Derkach are subject to sanctions.
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