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Ivan Hennadiyovych Bakanov, (Ukrainian: Іван Геннадійович Баканов; born 2 May 1975) is a Ukrainian politician who, from 2019 to 2022, served as head of the Security Service of Ukraine, which is the primary counterintelligence and security agency of Ukraine.
Jul 18, 2022 · The dismissals of the prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, and Ivan Bakanov, the leader of the Security Service of Ukraine — and a childhood friend of the president — were announced in brief...
Jul 18, 2022 · Ivan Bakanov (left) and Iryna Venediktova have so far not commented on their suspensions. President Volodymyr Zelensky has suspended the head of Ukraine's spy agency (SBU) and the prosecutor...
Jul 17, 2022 · Ivan Bakanov, head of Ukraine’s security services, the SBU, and Iryna Venediktova, the country’s prosecutor general, were relieved of their posts Sunday in presidential decrees that announced...
Jul 17, 2022 · The sackings of SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of Zelenskiy, and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, who has played a key role in the prosecution of Russian war crimes, were ...
Jul 17, 2022 · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend and head of the security service, after losing faith in his abilities to run the agency amid Russia's invasion. The move came after POLITICO reported in June that Zelenskyy was looking to replace Bakanov with someone more suitable to serve as the wartime chief of the SBU.
Jul 17, 2022 · Ivan Bakanov, the head of Ukraine's security service, left, is seen with Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova at a news conference in Kyiv on May 11. Zelenskyy on Sunday dismissed them...
