Preceded by Aleksandr Kharitonov Succeeded by Igor Plotnitsky Signature Resigned August 14, 2014 | Name Valery Bolotov | |
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Born 13 February 1970 (age 54)
Taganrog, Rostov oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR ( 1970-02-13 ) Allegiance Soviet Union
Lugansk People's Republic Rank Senior sergeant (see staff sergeant) Role Former Head of the Lugansk People's Republic Previous office Head of the Lugansk People's Republic (2014–2014) Similar People Igor Plotnitsky, Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, Igor Bezler, Alexander Borodai, Mikhail Tolstykh | ||
Years of service 1988–90, 2014–present Service/branch Russian Airborne Troops | ||
Kz2372 valery bolotov a head of lpr
Valery Dmitrievitch Bolotov (Russian: Вале́рий Дми́триевич Бо́лотов; [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbolətəf], Ukrainian: Вале́рій Дми́трович Бо́лотов; 13 February 1970 – 27 January 2017) was a Russian militant leader known for his involvement in the Donbass War in eastern Ukraine, and as the leader of the unrecognized Lugansk People's Republic.
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Valery bolotov people s gov lugansk survives assassination attempt 13 05 2014
Biography
The biography of Bolotov before the 2014 is very scarce. There is a video which shows that Bolotov participated in voting at a local referendum and showed a Ukrainian passport which indicated that he was born in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast on 13 February 1970. According to other sources, Bolotov was born in Stakhanov. Bolotov moved to Stakhanov in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine in 1974. According to the Russia Today, he held two university degrees.
Bolotov claimed to be a senior sergeant of the Soviet Airborne Troops in Vitebsk (presumably the 103rd Guards Airborne Division) and between 1989 and 1990 participated in a number of conflicts including Tbilisi, Yerevan and Karabakh. He later became the head of the airborne veterans group, while no one of the Luhansk Oblast group cell can confirm it. Bolotov had a wife and two children.
Bolotov worked as a manager and director at a meat factory and used to run a small business.
Before the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, Bolotov was a representative of Oleksandr Yefremov who supervised illegal mining in the region.
In 2014, Bolotov became a leader of an armed group during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine. On May 13, 2014, Bolotov survived an assassination attempt as assailants fired automatic weapons towards his car, wounding the militant leader. Bolotov was then briefly captured by the Ukrainian army on May 17 after he attempted to re-enter Lugansk following his having received treatment for his injury at a hospital in Russia. However, armed supporters of the Lugansk People's Republic attacked the Ukrainian army checkpoint where Bolotov was being held shortly afterwards and successfully freed the "People's Governor".
Lugansk People's Republic's Parliament elected Bolotov head of the republic on 18 May 2014.
Bolotov resigned on 14 August 2014.
The causes of his death are currently being investigated. Poisoning is suspected.