Former head of the LPR parliament was arrested in Rostov
Aleksey Karyakin, who formerly held the position of the head of the parliament in the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), has been detained in Russia, the Zerkalo Nedeli news portal reported, citing an informed source.
“Karyakin was arrested three days ago in Rostov by the Russian Federal Security Service [FSB]. After that, the Russian media wrote that he recanted ‘Novorossiya’ and surrendered to Ukraine,” the source said.
The source did not rule out the possibility that the FSB could use Karyakin in some kind of special operation to discredit Ukraine.
“We do not rule out the possibility that this is a special operation. Though, above all, it is aimed at mopping-up the Luhansk ‘elite,’ exactly like what happened with the ‘head of government’ who suddenly hung himself. However, it is possible that the aim of the special operation may be to discredit Ukraine and Karyakin, for example, could be found dead, possibly on Ukrainian territory,” the source explained.
In September the prosecutor’s office of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic issued a warrant for the arrest of Aleksey Karyakin, who had been the head of the People’s Council of the LPR until March 25, 2016.