Yevgeny Shevchuk

Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (, tr. "Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk", , tr. "Yevhen Vasylovych Shevchuk", Moldovan Cyrillic: Евгени Васильевичь Шевчюк, ; 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.
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.