Name Ekaterina Gubareva Children Two sons, one daughter | ||
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Education Donetsk National Technical University, Donetsk National University Similar Alexandru Caraman, Pavel Gubarev, Alexander Borodai | ||
n interview with ekaterina gubareva about her nomination
Ekaterina Yurevna Gubareva (Russian: Екатерина Юрьевна Губарева, born 1983, in Kakhovka) is a former minister of foreign affairs of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and wife of Pavel Gubarev.
Contents
- n interview with ekaterina gubareva about her nomination
- Education
- Early activities
- Activities
- Russian Invasion Of Kherson Oblast
- Private life
- References
Екатерина Губарева о покушении на Павла Губарева
Education
She has a degree in Computer Science from the Donetsk National Technical University. In 2013 she entered the Donetsk Art School, but did not graduate due to the war in Donbass.
Early activities
Before the War in Donbass, was the well-known local organizer of the Healthy lifestyle festivals Also she was an amateur artist, and her works exhibited in a Donetsk gallery
Activities
On 1 March 2014, during the protests in the south-eastern part of Ukraine, her husband Pavel Gubarev at a rally in Donetsk was chosen as "people's governor" of Donetsk oblast. On 6 March 2014, he was arrested and taken by the SBU to Kiev. Thereafter Ekaterina Gubareva with their children left for some time in Rostov-on-Don (Russia).
In April 2014 the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) was proclaimed within the Donetsk region. Gubareva led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPR.
Gubareva became the organizer of humanitarian convoys (food, medicine, childcare products) for the civilians and fighters of the Donetsk People's Republic. She said: "We don't carry weapons or fighters, and we don't know anything about that side of things."
The European Union (EU) has included Gubareva in the list of people who have come under EU sanctions. She was banned from entering the EU and her accounts in European banks, if they exist, will be frozen. According to EU officials:
In her capacity of so called "Minister of Foreign Affairs" she is responsible of defending the so called "Donetsk People's Republic", thus undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
In addition, her bank account is used to finance illegal armed separatist groups.
In taking on and acting in this capacity she has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
On 16 August 2014 the former Vice President of Transnistria Alexander Karaman replaced Gubareva in the post of Foreign Minister, for reasons unspecified. She became the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
After the assassination attempt on her husband, Pavel Gubarev, on 13 October 2014 she temporarily led the New Russia Party.
Russian Invasion Of Kherson Oblast
On the 15th of June, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ekaterina Gubareva took the position of Chief of Staff and Deputy Head of the Russian-occupation government, the "Kherson Military-Civilian Administration" for Digitalization, Communications, Legal Regulation, and Domestic and Foreign Policy.
On the 15th of November, 2022, Gubareva was reported missing by her husband, Pavel Gubarev. The next day, she was reported to have been detained by the Russian police in relation to a corruption case and the embezzlement of public funds.
On the 18th of November, Gubareva’s husband posted on Telegram that she had been freed by Russian authorities but could not say more on the matter due to an agreement between him and the Russian inquisitors.
Private life
She has two sons and a daughter.