Anatoliy Fedoruk

In 1992 and 1993 Anatoly Fedoruk was a history teacher at a secondary school in his native Velyka Medvedivka, Khmelnytska Oblast.^[1] From 1993 to 1997 he was mayor of the local municipality.^[1]

In 1997 and 1998 Fedoruk was teacher at a Bucha secondary orphanage.^[1] Fedoruk was first elected mayor of Bucha in 1998; he was reelected in 2006, 2010, 2015 and 2020.^[1] In 2010 he was elected as a candidate of the pro-Russian Party of Regions.^[2] In 2015 he was elected for New Faces and in 2020 as a candidate of Servant of the People.^[2]

In 2011 Fedoruk became Chairman of the Board of the Kyiv Regional Branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.^[1]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, this time as a self-nominated candidate, in electoral district 95, Fedoruk failed to win a parliamentary seat, losing to Mykhailo Havryliuk.^[2]

In 2017 Fedoruk was suspected of abuse of power.^[2] Hearings have been going on for several years but are constantly postponed.^[2]

Anatoly Fedoruk attracted international attention in the aftermath of the Battle of Bucha that lasted from 27 February 2022 to 31 March 2022, during which time the Bucha massacre occurred.^[3] In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published on 5 April 2022, he said that the Russian soldiers had killed Bucha residents "out of anger or for enjoyment".^[4] The same day, in a video message he urged in particular medical doctors and utility company employees to return to the city.^[5]

• Order of Merit 2d class (August 23, 2021)^[6]
• Order of Merit 3d class (December 4, 2007)^[7]