Andriy Levus

Andriy Mar'yanovych Levus (born August 9, 1979, Stryi, Lvivska Oblast) is a public and political figure, head of the Maidan Self-Defense Command (2013–2014),[1] and deputy head of the SBU (February 26 – November 24, 2014).

In 2012, he took an active part in the parliamentary election campaign in the Ternopil Oblast, in the Zboriv Raion.

In February 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko.

[5] He is the author of a number of bills on the imposition of sanctions against persons who threaten the national security of Ukraine; on restricting the use of media products of the Russian Federation and the state language; on measures to protect national interests, national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, countering terrorist activities; on defense capability and reserve army; on the special status of the UOC(MP) and a number of others.

[6] The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case against Levus and other deputies, Yuri Bereza and Igor Mosiychuk, who commented on the events in Grozny on December 4, 2014, when a group of Chechens attacked a traffic police post and then hid in the Press House.