Anton Herashchenko

Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko (, , born 10 February 1979) is a deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) (2014–2019). and was the subject of an assassination attempt in part because of his actions.
Biography.
When Arsen Avakov became the Minister of Internal Affairs in 2014, Herashchenko became his adviser. In this role, Herashchenko briefed journalists about the formation of the Donbas Battalion, the Azov Battalion, and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Herashchenko was elected to parliament in the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, representing the People's Front in a multi-mandate nationwide district. He was secretary of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement.
Herashchenko was one of the founders of a database called "Myrotvorets" (Peacekeeper).
In January 2017, it was announced that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had prevented an assassination attempt against Herashchenko. The SBU had had the two assassins under surveillance for over a month and arrested them in the act with an explosive device in their possession. The SBU stated that the assassins had been in prison in the Russian-occupied Crimea, until they agreed to assassinate Herashchenko. The SBU claim that the assassins were coordinated by Andrey Tikhonov. Tikhonov currently lives in Belgorod in Russia, and used to be a Ukrainian citizen, who had fought against Ukraine on the side of the Luhansk People's Republic.
After the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Herashchenko did not return to parliament. On 25 September 2019 the Cabinet of Ministers appointed him one of six or seven deputy ministers at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The minister was Arsen Avakov.