Anton Gerashchenko

When Arsen Avakov became the Minister of Internal Affairs in 2014, Gerashchenko became his adviser. In this role, Gerashchenko briefed journalists about the formation of the Donbas Battalion,{{citation|url=http://uacrisis.org/3271-anton-herashchenko |title=Anton Gerashchenko: on the basis of "Donbas" troop another battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine has been created |date=29 May 2014 |work=Ukraine Crisis Media Center}} the Azov Battalion,{{cite news|url=http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/06/24/reinforcements-for-azov/ |title=Reinforcements for the Azov Battalion|work=euromaidanpress.com|date= 24 June 2014}} and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.{{citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/20/mh17-evidence-against-russia |title=MH17: the evidence against Russia |work=The Observer |date=20 July 2014}}{{citation|url=https://www.unian.info/politics/941179-rebels-take-out-buk-missile-system-to-russia-black-boxes-to-be-passed-to-fsb-herashchenko.html |title=Rebels take out "Buk" missile system to Russia, "black boxes" to be passed to FSB – Gerashchenko |work=UNIAN |date=18 July 2014}}

Gerashchenko was elected to parliament in the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, representing the People's Front in the multi-mandate nationwide district, he was placed 21st (as an independent candidate) on the party's election list. Gerashchenko was one of the founders of a database of separatists called "Myrotvorets" (Peacekeeper).{{Cite web|url=https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/d/f/393431_0.pdf|title=The right to freedom of speech and opinion in Ukraine: threats and opportunities|date=2018-09-11|website=osce.org}}

He was secretary of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement.{{citation|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/radatransl/Home/deps/en|title=People's Deputies of Ukraine|work=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine official web portal|date=22 July 2018|access-date=22 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205144647/http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/radatransl/Home/deps/en|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}} In parliament, one of his assistant-consultants was the future Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.chesno.org/politician/32292/ Electoral history and small biography of Denys Monastyrsky], Civil movement "Chesno"

In January 2017, it was announced that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had prevented an assassination attempt against Gerashchenko. 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 Gerashchenko. The SBU claimed 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, Gerashchenko did not return to parliament because he did not take part in the election.{{Cite web|url=https://ukr.vote/en/persons/7212|title=Електоральна пам'ять |trans-title=Electoral memory |website=ukr.vote |access-date=2 March 2022}} 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.

After Avakov stepped down as Interior Minister on 15 July 2021, Gerashchenko became an official advisor for the new minister, Denys Monastyrsky.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/08/30/7305468/ Gerashchenko continues to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs with Monastyrsky], Ukrayinska Pravda (30 August 2021)
[https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3281876-parliament-appoints-monastyrsky-as-ukraines-interior-minister.html Parliament appoints Monastyrsky as Ukraine's interior minister], Ukrinform (16 July 2021) On 4 August 2021, he was dismissed as deputy minister.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/08/4/7302739/ The Cabinet of Ministers fired Gerashchenko from the post of Deputy Interior Minister], Ukrayinska Pravda (4 August 2021) In late September 2021, Gerashchenko was appointed the coordinator of the new "Office for Business Protection"{{#tag:ref|This bureau was established to improve communications between entrepreneurs and the security forces.|group=nb}} within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/09/29/7308851/ The Ministry of Internal Affairs will create a Business Office, which will be coordinated by Gerashchenko], Ukrayinska Pravda (29 September 2021)

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