Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Шевчу́к, tr. Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk, Ukrainian: Євге́н Васи́льович Шевчу́к, tr. Yevhen Vasylovych Shevchuk, Moldovan Cyrillic: Евгени Васильевичь Шевчюк, Romanian: Evgheni Vasilievici Șevciuk; born 19 June 1968) is a Transnistrian politician. He was the 2nd President of Transnistria from 2011 to 2016.
Shevchuk is an ethnic Ukrainian and a citizen of both Transnistria and Russia.[1]
In 2017, Shevchuk fled to Moldova while guilty on criminal charges. In December 2018, he was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison and a fine of about 36 million US dollars.[2]
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