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Denis Pushilin the Chairman of the DPR Soviet
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://twitter.com/denispushilin]
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Denis Pushilin
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Chairman
of the Donetsk People's Republic (unrecognized internationally)
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In
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May 15, 2014 – July 18, 2014 |
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Succeeded by
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Andrei Purgin
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Vice
Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic
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In
office
November 14, 2014 – 4 September, 2015 |
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Chairman
of the Donetsk People's Republic
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Incumbent
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Assumed
office
4 September 2015 |
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Preceded by
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Andrei Purgin
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Personal
details
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Born
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9 May 1981
Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
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Nationality
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Ukrainian
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Political
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Spouse(s)
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Elena Pushilina
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Children
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2
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Religion
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Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin (Russian: Дени́с
Влади́мирович Пуши́лин, pronounced [dʲɪˈnʲis
vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈʂɨlʲɪn]; Ukrainian: Денис
Володимирович Пушилін;
born on May 9, 1981) is a politician who was the self-declared Chairman of the People's Soviet
(Speaker of parliament) of the Donetsk People's Republic, and therefore,
under the draft Constitution adopted on May 15, the self-declared republic's
head of state.
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COL Strelkov and Denis Pushilin, who calls
himself the chairman of “People’s Republic of Donbass discuss their OSCE
hostages with the press
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Biography
Ukrainian
media claimed that Pushilin's highest stage of formal education is secondary education.
According to his (November 2013) autobiography at the Central
Election Commission of Ukraine, in May 2014 Russia's ITAR-TASS (news agency) reported Pushilin had
graduated from the Donbass Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Prior
to his political activism, Pushilin worked for a recent successor of the 1990s
Russian Ponzi scheme
company MMM,
which cost its customers millions of dollars before it was disbanded in 1994.
Pushilin never denied involvement in such schemes and affirmed that
"pyramid schemes were legal in Russia at the time".
As
a member of the "We Have One Goal" party Pushilin failed to win a
seat in the 15
December 2013 repeat elections of the 2012
Ukrainian parliamentary election in simple-majority constituencies number 94 (located in Obukhiv) because got only 0.08% of the
votes. Pushilin's (only 1 page long) election program did not contain any
statement on a wanted change of Ukraine's current borders. According to his
election information, in December 2013 Pushilin was "temporarily not
working".
On
19 May 2014 Pushilin became the self-declared Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
(Speaker of parliament) of the Donetsk
People's Republic, and therefore, under the draft Constitution
adopted on May 15, the self-declared republic's head of state.
Pushilin
has survived two assassination attempts so far, both occurring within a week on
the 7th and 12th of June 2014. Pushilin was in Moscow on those dates, as was widely
reported at the time.
While
in Moscow in June 2014, Pushilin announced that enterprises in the areas
claimed as the Donetsk People's Republic refusing to pay taxes to the republic
would be "nationalized".
According
to the Interfax agency, on 18 July 2014, Pushilin
resigned from his post of the Chairman of the Donetsk People's Republic.
From
14 November 2014 to 4 September 2015 he served as a Vice-Chairman of the
Donetsk People's Republic Soviet then he replaced Andrei Purgin and became the Chairman of
the Soviet once again.
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Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's
Republic Alexander Zakharchenko (2nd R, front) and senior official Denis
Pushilin (3rd R, front) attend a commemoration ceremony at the site of the
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash near the village of Hrabove in
Donetsk region, Ukraine, July 17, 2015. (Photo by Kazbek Basaev/Reuters)
[PHOTO SOURCE: http://avax.news/fact/Remembering_MH17.html
& http://avax.news/pictures/155742]
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Russia: Moment of
silence for peace in Ukraine
Published on Jun 11, 2014
20140611-048
M/S Protesters, two girls
C/U Girl
M/S Flags of Armenia, the Donetsk People's Republic, New Russia
C/U Sign reading "Obama terrorist"
M/S Front of rally
C/U Man near stage
SOT Denis Pushlin, Chairman of the Donetsk People's Republic (Russian): "We don't see anything bad in the word 'empire'. They try to impose on us that it's something detrimental. But the Russian Empire never had colonies. It is a big powerful country, which made all countries which joined it equal. What right have the Western countries that still have their colonies, to teach us democracy, teach us what in recent years we have seen with our eyes, what has become of Iraq, what has become of Libya, and now it is trying to do it with us. They will not succeed, we will make everything possible, but we need your support, we will stand up to the last drop of blood if needed."
M/S Crowd, press corps
C/U Sign reading "Fascism shall not pass"
M/S Woman wearing Eurasian Youth Union t-shirt
C/U T-shirt bearing picture of soldier in front of Russian flag, reading "battle Donbass"
M/S Crowd
M/S Man holding sign reading "Stop kill Donbass"
W/S Crowd
SCRIPT
Around 300 Muscovites assembled in Suvorov square on Wednesday to appeal for peace in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine.
The protesters circulated a petition calling on the Russian government to formally recognise the republics as independent polities from Ukraine. They also collected money and supplies to be sent to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.
The rally was addressed by leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky and leaders of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushlin and Pavel Gubarev. It was organised by the Eurasianist philosopher Aleksandr Dugin.
M/S Protesters, two girls
C/U Girl
M/S Flags of Armenia, the Donetsk People's Republic, New Russia
C/U Sign reading "Obama terrorist"
M/S Front of rally
C/U Man near stage
SOT Denis Pushlin, Chairman of the Donetsk People's Republic (Russian): "We don't see anything bad in the word 'empire'. They try to impose on us that it's something detrimental. But the Russian Empire never had colonies. It is a big powerful country, which made all countries which joined it equal. What right have the Western countries that still have their colonies, to teach us democracy, teach us what in recent years we have seen with our eyes, what has become of Iraq, what has become of Libya, and now it is trying to do it with us. They will not succeed, we will make everything possible, but we need your support, we will stand up to the last drop of blood if needed."
M/S Crowd, press corps
C/U Sign reading "Fascism shall not pass"
M/S Woman wearing Eurasian Youth Union t-shirt
C/U T-shirt bearing picture of soldier in front of Russian flag, reading "battle Donbass"
M/S Crowd
M/S Man holding sign reading "Stop kill Donbass"
W/S Crowd
SCRIPT
Around 300 Muscovites assembled in Suvorov square on Wednesday to appeal for peace in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine.
The protesters circulated a petition calling on the Russian government to formally recognise the republics as independent polities from Ukraine. They also collected money and supplies to be sent to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.
The rally was addressed by leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky and leaders of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushlin and Pavel Gubarev. It was organised by the Eurasianist philosopher Aleksandr Dugin.
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