Igor Kornet
Igor Aleksandrovich Kornet[a] (born 29 April 1973) is a Ukrainian militiaman, public official and separatist, since 2014 Minister of Interior of the Luhansk People's Republic.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Igor Kornet was born on 29 April 1973, in the family of a career officer of the Soviet Army Alexander Kornet.[3] In 1989 he graduated from school at the GSVG in Halle (GDR), after which he entered the Poltava Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command Red Banner School named after General of the Army Vatutin.[4] In 1993 he entered the service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. In 1999, he was dismissed from the post of a policeman of the patrol and guard service of the police of the Oktyabrsky district department of the GUMVD in the Luhansk region.[5] Until 2014, he worked as a criminal investigation officer at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Luhansk region.[1][4] During the hostilities in the Donbass, he fought on the side of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).[3] Since 27 August 2014, he is the Minister of the Interior of the LPR.[6] On 20 November 2017, he was removed from office by the head of the LPR, Igor Plotnitsky, but refused to leave his post, continuing to work as a minister, ignoring orders from the leadership of the LPR and arresting some of its representatives.[7] After the resignation from the post of head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky, Igor Kornet continued to work as the Minister of Internal Affairs of the LPR.[8] He is wanted in the framework of criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Art. 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (actions aimed at violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or at the seizure of state power).[3] Since March 2017, the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (GSU ICR) has been investigating the role of Cornet in the murder of Russian citizen Artyom Bulgakov in November 2016.[1][9]
In April 2023, Radio Free Europe published an alleged audio recording between Head of the Luhansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik and Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Pasichnik states that Kornet had formed an uncontrollable "gang" that had been "terrorising farmers and entrepreneurs."[1] In this conversation Putin is heard promising "to deal with them."[1]
On 15 May 2023 LPR forces reported that Kornet had been wounded in an explosion in a barbershop in Luhansk.[10][1][11] Leonid Pasechnik wrote on his Telegram channel that Kornet had been one of four seriously wounded and that "Doctors are fighting for the lives of the victims.”[10]
International sanctions
[edit]Due to the support of Russian aggression and the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war, he is under personal international sanctions from different countries.[12] (Since April 8, 2022, by all countries of the European Union,[13] since 27 May 2022, by the UK,[12] since 20 June 2017, by the United States of America,[14] since 15 March 2019, by Canada,[14] since 13 April 2022, by Switzerland,[13] since October 2, 2020, by Australia,[13] since 26 February 2022, by Japan.[12])
Awards
[edit]- Order "For Valor" II degree (LPR);
- Medal "For Faith and Freedom" (LNR);
- Jubilee medal "70 years of Victory" (LNR);
- Medal "Battle for Lugansk 2014" (LPR);
- Medal "For the Defense of Lugansk" (RKRP).
Family
[edit]- Natalia Kornet (Wife).[14]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Official from occupying administration injured in explosion in Luhansk". Ukrainska Pravda. May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Хто такий Ігор Корнет і що він не поділив з Плотницьким?". Nowoje Wriemia (in Ukrainian). November 21, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Кто такой Игорь Корнет и что он не поделил с Плотницким?". nv.ua (in Russian). Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Экс-министр внутренних дел ЛНР Игорь Корнет. Досье". AiF (in Russian). November 22, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Хто такий Ігор Корнет і що він не поділив з Плотницьким? / Новое Время". November 25, 2017. Archived from the original on November 25, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Плотницкий отстранил от должности главу МВД ЛНР - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ КОЦ, Александр (November 22, 2017). "Игорь Корнет: "В Луганске выявлены агенты влияния украинских спецслужб"". kp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Глава Госбезопаности ЛНР объявил об отставке Плотницкого и своем назначении". www.mk.ru (in Russian). November 24, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "На фоні невдач на фронті Москва розпочала "чистки" керівників "ЛНР"". gur.gov.ua. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Russia-Ukraine war live: Sunak tells Zelenskiy UK will train pilots but supplying fighter jets to Kyiv is not 'straightforward' (update of 4.39 BST)". The Guardian. May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1658087536688766977
- ^ a b c "КОРНЕТ Игорь Александрович – биография, досье, активы | Война и санкции". sanctions.nazk.gov.ua (in Russian). Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c Подобрий, Александр (November 24, 2017). "Я родилась в Украине, а точнее, в ЛНР! — дочь Корнета". OBOZREVATEL INCIDENT (in Russian). Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Дочь министра внутренних дел ЛНР рассказала об отношениях с отцом". Росбалт (in Russian). Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ "Лошади и элитная школа: появились подробности еще об одной дочери Корнета". OBOZREVATEL INCIDENT (in Russian). November 24, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ Подобрий, Александр (November 24, 2017). "Я родилась в Украине, а точнее, в ЛНР! — дочь Корнета". OBOZREVATEL INCIDENT (in Russian). Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Руководство харьковского вуза не видит причин для отчисления дочери главного полицейского ЛНР Корнета". Росбалт (in Russian). Retrieved March 13, 2023.