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“Donetsk Republic” again received a new acting leader. Read all the latest news about him. Who is Denis Pushilin? When will the elections take place and a new head will be elected? Where did Trapeznikov go? And why was he removed from office? And what photographic evidence was recorded in Moscow the other day? Find out the whole truth right now!
Biography
Born May 9, 1981. On September 7, 2020, Denis Pushilin was appointed acting "DPR". Donetsk deputies voted for this. As you know, Dmitry Trapeznikov was previously appointed to this post. The replacement occurred because the General Prosecutor’s Office of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” declared the illegitimacy of Trapeznikov’s appointment, because he was allegedly appointed by the Council of Ministers of the republic, and not by parliament.
Denis Pushilin and Dmitry Trapeznikov
Dmitry said in one of his interviews that this wave is legal. And after Zakharchenko’s death, we need to act in accordance with the Constitution. And appoint a head in accordance with the upcoming elections. According to Trapeznikov, the leader of the republic must be chosen by the people.
By the way, elections for the head of the “DPR” will take place on November 11, 2020. But will they be legitimate? Most likely, they will become another fake. The Kremlin, as always, will determine who should take this post. Moscow needs another puppet.
If Trapeznikov was removed, it means Putin intends to cleanse Zakharchenko’s team. And he even did this through Pushilin. New V.I.O. The head of the DPR has already appointed a new Cabinet. Some ministers retained their posts. Others were not so lucky. New positions were received: Andrey Bogomaz became the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Yuri Sirovatko - acting. Minister of Justice, Sergei Ilyin - acting head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, etc.
So what do we see? The leadership of the “republic” has been changed. New power at the helm. However, for how long? Many are already talking about the fact that Pushilin has become the successor to Putin’s “black mark”. By the way, on the eve of the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk, the odious leader of the occupied Donbass met with Putin in Moscow. Denis Pushilin was photographed leaving the Russian Presidential Administration.
Denis Pushilin
Activists recorded him during a picket in support of beaten journalists in Moscow. Photo evidence of the Kremlin’s communication with the leader of the “republic” appeared in the media on September 7, 2018. But what he talked about with Putin is unknown. Meanwhile, information appeared on the Internet that Russia was “merging the republic.” Find out what Denis Pushilin said about Ukraine? What loud statements did you make? And what is this person like? Will he repeat the fate of his predecessor Zakharchenko?
Family
His childhood and youth were spent in Makeevka, Donetsk region. This is where he was born and raised.
Parents are workers. Father, Vladimir Ivanovich, is from Russia. Denis’s grandfather came to Donbass from the Voronezh region. He comes from the village of Nizhny Mamon. Mom Valentina Ergashevna (maiden name Khasanova) was born in the Khmelnytsky region. Her father's nationality is Uzbek. My maternal grandfather's name was Ergash Khasanovich. During the Second World War he fought and was awarded orders and medals. So the information that there are Jews in his family is unreliable. Family: married. Wife Irina born 1985 According to AiF, the couple has three daughters. According to other sources, the couple has a daughter, Kira.
Pushilin and family
Family and children of Denis Pushilin
The family and children of Denis Pushilin often come to the attention of journalists and fans of the politician, but little is known about them.
His father, Vladimir Pushilin, and his mother, Valentina Pushilina, worked at the factory, instilling in the boy respect for the working people. The family was international, since the father was Russian, and all of the mother’s relatives came from Uzbekistan and the Ukrainian Khmelnitsky.
The politician said that his surname was the most common in the Voronezh village of Nizhny Mamon, and his maternal grandfather Ergash Khasanov was a participant in the Second World War. Denis was proud of his grandfathers, one of whom developed the industrial Donbass, and the second was repeatedly awarded medals and orders for courage.
It is known that Pushilin was the only child in the family, but nothing is known about his children. There is no confirmed information in official sources about their number and gender.
The politician’s personal website states that he has three daughters, but other sources lower the number of children to two. Pushilin himself openly speaks only about one of his daughters, without confirming or denying the presence of other children.
He and his wife often repeat that they would not mind adding a son to their family in the future.
Career and business
He started working while still studying at the academy. At twenty-one he became an employee of a trading company. Since 2011, for two years, he has been a volunteer, a functionary of the MMM movement. 2014 - Deputy of Pavel Gubarev, “people’s governor” of the Donetsk region. He led rallies against shale gas production in the Donbass. After the coup d'etat, he was more than once seen taking active action, organizing various anti-Maidan events, and separatist actions.
Denis Pushilin
After the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” was proclaimed on April 7, Denis Vladimirovich became the head of the interim government. Sanctions have been introduced regarding his personality. He is banned from entering the EU and his assets are frozen. He is also included in the sanctions list of the USA, Liechtenstein, Australia, Norway and Switzerland. The Security Service of Ukraine has put Denis Pushilin on the wanted list. At the request of the prosecutor's office, he has been wanted since May 2, 2014.
A participant in Anti-Maidan since 2014, he has been charged under Article 109 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. For literally two months he chaired the presidium of the Supreme Council of the DPR. After resigning from the highest post at that time in the “republic”, he became the coordinator and co-chairman of the “People's Front of Novorossiya”. Deputy Chairman of the socio-political movement “Donetsk Republic”. Member of the People's Council of the "DPR". Since 2015 - Chairman of the National Assembly of the DPR. Seventy-six deputies supported his candidacy. Even before the outbreak of hostilities in Donbass, he openly expressed pro-Russian views on social networks. At one time, the murdered head of the terrorists, Alexander Zakharchenko, appointed him to the post of representative of the “republic” at the Contact Group negotiations in Minsk. Since 2020, he has been the head of the Russian Center in Donetsk, which was created with the aim of intensifying and systematizing the integration processes of the “DPR” with the Russian Federation.
Denis Pushilin
Who is Denis Pushilin, who headed the DPR?
Denis Pushilin as acting head of the DPR . The majority of deputies voted for the corresponding document on September 7. Earlier, the DPR Prosecutor General's Office declared the appointment of Dmitry Trapeznikov to this position to be illegitimacy, since he was appointed by the DPR Council of Ministers, not parliament.
Denis Pushilin. Photo: RIA Novosti/Sergey Averin
Pushilin will act as head of the DPR until the elections of the new head and parliament of the self-proclaimed republic, which are scheduled for November 11. Previously, he was the permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR at the contact group negotiations in Minsk and the head of the Central Executive Committee of the Donetsk Republic public movement.
Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin was born on May 9, 1981 in Makeyevka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian SSR, into a working-class family.
In 1998 he graduated from the Makeevka City Lyceum.
From 1999 to 2000, he served in the army in the Crimea in the National Guard (at that time the successor to the Internal Troops of the Ukrainian SSR). After serving in the army, he entered the Donbass National Academy of Construction and Architecture at the Faculty of Enterprise Economics.
Since 2002, in parallel with his studies, he worked in retail.
From 2011 to 2013 he was a volunteer of the MMM movement of Sergei Mavrodi, and then became a member of the MMM party.
In 2013, he participated in the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, was nominated from the 94th district of the Kyiv region, took 19th place and received 0.08% (77 votes).
In March 2014, he became one of the leaders of the people's liberation movement in Donbass.
On April 7, 2014, after the proclamation of the Donetsk People's Republic, he became co-chairman of the interim government.
On May 15, 2014, he was appointed chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Council of the self-proclaimed DPR, and was actively involved in preparing a referendum on the independence of the DPR.
On June 7, 2014, Pushilin survived an assassination attempt; in Donetsk, near the Millennium restaurant, he was shot at from a passing car. Assistant to the head of the Supreme Council of the DPR Maxim Petrukhin died from bullets; Pushilin was not injured.
On July 18, 2014, he submitted his resignation from the post of Chairman of the Supreme Council of the DPR.
After his resignation, he was involved in humanitarian supplies from Russia to Donbass as co-chairman of the Popular Front of Novorossiya.
On November 3, 2014, he was elected as a deputy of the People's Council of the DPR, and on November 14 he became deputy chairman of the People's Council of the DPR.
On November 9, 2014, by decree of the head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko was appointed to the post of permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR at the contact group negotiations in Minsk (Belarus).
In September 2020, he was elected chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic and received the support of 76 deputies.
Until October 2020, he headed the executive committee of the public movement “Donetsk Republic”.
Since the end of 2020, he has been directing the Russian Center, which was created in Donetsk for the integration of Donbass with the Russian Federation.
On September 7, 2020, the parliament of the self-proclaimed DPR voted to appoint Pushilin as acting head of the republic in connection with the death of DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko on August 31.
Married, has three daughters.
Compromising evidence and rumors
Today, the main separatist of the “DPR” Denis Pushilin claims that the murder of the Donetsk leader Zakharchenko is on the conscience of Ukraine.
And here it is worth adding that shortly before Zakharchenko’s death, they said that Pushilin had considerable ambitions and a desire to take the place of the head of the self-proclaimed “DPR.” But it became even more interesting when Zakharchenko on his TV channel “Oplot” broadcast 2 compromising videos about people of the same Pushilin. More precisely on his subordinates. All this happened very shortly before the future elections of the “DPR” and the murder of Zakharchenko. It seems that Zakharchenko wanted to warn everyone else who wanted to take his place. It turned out to be too much.
Perhaps Pushilin had enough motives for the murder.
Of course, Pushilin, as the main separatist, continues to follow the Kremlin’s line and says that Ukraine is a country that is governed from the outside. It's just too funny to hear this from him.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian public is actively discussing the future fate of the head of the occupiers of Donbass. While he is preparing the next fake statements regarding Ukraine, versions are being put forward regarding his probable fate. Most predict the fate of the previous leader for him.
But for now, Pushilin is a convenient figure for the Kremlin, because he is practically no different from his predecessor.
On April 29, Pushilin’s name was included in the list of persons against whom the EU applied sanctions in the form of asset freezes and entry bans.
In addition, after Donbass was occupied and the “DPR” was created, information very often appears in the media that Pushilin is coordinated by the FSB and the Kremlin is monitoring his every move.
It is not surprising that the new leader of the “DPR” has a criminal past. Pushilin was an active participant in MMM and even a video remains where he told all the “advantages” of the Mavrodi organization. And if you believe some media, he was a croupier in a casino and was a member of the political party “Mi Maemo Meta”.
Compromising evidence on Poroshenko
More recently, programmer Evgeniy Dokukin published files from the personal computer of the main DPR separatist Denis Pushilin. And there was a lot of interesting things there.
Firstly, there was compromising evidence on Poroshenko, which contained 2 pages of data allegedly compromising the President of Ukraine. But, of course, there was no evidence there.
Interestingly, he also found a resume of a 19-year-old girl who was applying for the position of his secretary. It is necessary to answer that she studies at the Shevchenko National University.
Correspondence
Some of Pushilin’s correspondence was also posted online. For example, with the head of the DPR press service, Alexander Khryakov, they are very curious.
“There are interesting proposals from the UN members! They intend to take you and me seriously,” writes Khryakov.
“I don’t really like that the UN is going to take on you and me,” Pushilin replies.
“Denis, this is by definition! Let's play, don't be afraid. They won’t take on us, they’ll take on others. We will calculate them later. When you have time, come by. Dan, I've had a lot of cases like this! Think about how to legalize me in the Minsk agreements. Or give us an introduction! And remember, they are fully aware of what is happening with us! You have more information now. Decide! But you won’t be able to brush them off!” - notes Khryakov.
Correspondence from 2015.
In addition, information about Pushilin’s financial fraud could be found there.
Several old financial reports have also been posted, in which Mavro appears - the virtual currency of the MMM financial pyramid.
As it turned out, Pushilin is also interested in the oil sector. For example, among his files there is a business plan, as well as a certificate of expenses of Samaratransneft-Holding. Previously, there was no information about the militant leader’s connection with the oil business.
Denis Pushilin. Nature of character
If you sow an action, you will reap a character; if you sow a character, you will reap a destiny. Russian folk wisdom goes to the root, because a person’s character really consists of his actions, each of which speaks about a person’s upbringing and family, principles and values, experience and mistakes.
And in order to learn more about a person, understand him, determine whether he is worthy of your trust, you just need to listen to his neighbors and friends, teachers and subordinates - in a word, those who encountered him in business and in life.
Many people know about Denis Pushilin, but not many can say that they really know him. So we conceived a series of materials about Denis Vladimirovich. Let others know how his family and friends perceive him. So let's get acquainted!
Innate gene of patriotism
Not many people are so lucky with their date of birth; Denis Pushilin has a significant one - May 9!
“For me, all dates associated with the Great Patriotic War are special and associated with personal events,” emphasizes Denis Pushilin. – My mother was born in 1941. Her father, my grandfather, born, by the way, on May 8, went to war from the first days and heroically went through it from the first to the last day. I have always felt a special attitude towards such concepts as the Motherland, patriotism, justice - they are not brought up in me, but innate, passed on by inheritance.
It so happened that he became an adult early.
“Probably since I was 10 years old, when I felt responsible for my mother,” recalls Denis Vladimirovich. – The reason was family circumstances. My mother and I were left alone, and we had to do some basic things around the house ourselves. It's not bad, it's not good. It is a fact. If the socket broke, it had to be repaired, if the faucet started to leak, action had to be taken... I repaired my bike myself and helped my friends.
The environment in which he grew up was working class. Miners and metallurgists. Hard workers, artisans. Denis learned quickly thanks to his ingenuity and natural curiosity. An excellent student from the first grade, he did not slow down even then, when being an excellent student in a village school was not considered very prestigious.
“I had to defend the right to study well and not be branded a nerd or a crammer in fights during recess,” recalls Denis Vladimirovich. – I had a very good first teacher – Valentina Petrovna. She created conditions in which I was ashamed to study poorly and not know something. She is largely responsible for my successes. I practically never missed school, even when I was sick. I felt awkward when I didn’t understand or didn’t know something.
But my mother’s support also helped. When, for a higher level of knowledge, it was necessary to change school to a good lyceum, my mother did not doubt her son’s choice. She never doubted him at all and called Denis “my reliable support.”
It was not so easy to get into the lyceum - in this educational institution the selection of students was especially careful.
“Even in our elementary school we accepted children with a definitely high level of preparation,” recalls Lyudmila Zhilchenko, the class teacher where Denis Pushilin studied. – Not everyone got into high school. There was a very serious selection based on the quality of knowledge. Those who did not pass went to a regular school. And Denis came to the Lyceum from a regular school and passed the competition. This rarely happened in our practice.
“I loved history very much,” recalls Lyudmila Germanovna. “This became, to some extent, a feature that set him apart from everyone else. Very active, inquisitive, sporty, obliging. I believe in him because all the main human qualities that form a personality were present in him from childhood. And such people are the most reliable.
Special Talent
You need to be able to make friends. Sincerely and as equals. And Denis Pushilin knows how to truly make friends, his childhood friends speak about this quality, with whom he studied at school, played football in the yard, went swimming in the famous Bazhanov pool, and picked mushrooms in the surrounding plantings. With whom I served in the army, with whom I studied science at MISS and worked...
– I really value friendship, the opportunity to communicate with those with whom I lived the most romantic period of my life – childhood, youth. These are special feelings, special memories that cannot be lost. And, fortunately, I realized in time that if you don’t think about it, then life, expanding your circle with new people and interests, can very imperceptibly push out the old ones. And I didn't allow this to happen.
– What do you need to do to become your friend? – I ask Denis Vladimirovich.
– There is no specific recipe or instructions. It is necessary for thoughts and soul to coincide. And one more thing, there are no ideal people in nature. Every person has positive and negative qualities. It is very important that you enjoy positive qualities and can accept negative ones.
– Those who know you well say that you never need to ask for help, you always know when and who to help...
- It’s obvious when someone needs help and support. If I can help, I cannot find any reason for myself not to do this.
They have known Vasily Pertsev since school. We grew up in the same village, became friends during training and managed not to get lost in adult life. By the way, Denis Vladimirovich has a special relationship with sports.
“Although,” Vasily reasons, “after school our interests had little contact.” Served in the army. Denis went to study and worked, I went to the mine. We met rarely, on the run. A few words were exchanged, and everyone went about their business. And then one day there was an accident at the mine. I was injured, my legs were hurt. I still don’t know where Denis found out about this. But literally on the very first day I was there. Then he got a penny. He took me to the hospital and helped my family. There was no need to ask him about this. He himself appeared at the most necessary moment. And once I started a renovation, changing the pipes in the apartment from metal to plastic. This was know-how at the time. But it was not customary then to hire workers for these jobs, and they saved money. We lived off our salary. I shared my idea with Denis. And he says to me: “Let me help you.” "Can you?" - I ask. “We’ll learn together,” he answers. We learned. What they looked on the Internet, what they asked the men, and came to something themselves. They did so that the neighbor asked to replace the pipes in his apartment. We replaced it. Denis is like that in everything. If he sets a goal, no matter how big or small, he always achieves it. But his path does not run over other people’s heads. He builds his own path through hard work, deeds, and knowledge.
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– Working with Denis is always very interesting. In principle, he cannot sit idle. He is interested in everything. And when everything is as usual, and when problems arise. Even when it seems that everything is irretrievably lost, he will find a way out of any situation. This is facilitated by his extraordinary thinking, hard work and perseverance. He is a stubborn person, in the good sense of the word. If he is confident that he is right, he goes to the end. And I have repeatedly seen how, over time, his opponents became his staunch supporters. Because he always knows what he is doing. And he does everything he undertakes well. Either he decides on state issues, or he prepares a dinner party for friends. What he lacks in his current life is time for everything. We see each other rarely, but this does not affect our friendship.
I want to tell you two episodes from my life. One episode is old. I went to Kirovskoye for work. Winter, 20 degrees below zero. And on the way my car breaks down. And seriously. It's getting close to evening. There is no transport. I'm standing on the highway alone. When you don't know what to do, call Denis. We had this unspoken rule. I'm calling. I'm telling you. Denis answers: “Half an hour.” I bought spare parts, came, and together we fixed this car in the cold.
The second case happened recently. Maryana Naumova came to one of the sports schools. There was a meeting at which Denis Vladimirovich was present. People began to show off their sporting achievements. Denis also did not stand aside, demonstrating how he handles the barbell. The meeting ended, and the sports referees told him: if you, Denis Vladimirovich, had lifted the barbell two more times, we could have awarded you the title of master of sports. Denis: “Why didn’t you tell me? I could lift it five more times.” And then he says: “The main thing is that the skills are not lost, and the boys saw it. Maybe this will become an example for someone.”
Sport as a manifestation of character
Denis Pushilin never parted with sports. At school he was among the best football players. In the army, he never gave in before a forced march, he always led the company forward, and at the institute he trained in weights. Even now, with his huge busy schedule, he finds time to train. Denis Vladimirovich has been seriously involved in badminton for a year now.
– In our country, badminton is undeservedly considered not the most popular sport. This is an explosive, high-speed game for thoughtful, resilient and thinking people,” says Denis Vladimirovich’s coach, DPR badminton champion Andrey Pasichny.
In sports, a person is clearly visible, especially in a team game. Over the course of a year of training, Denis Vladimirovich not only mastered all the secrets, but also became a participant in the Republic Badminton Championship.
– Sport is not only about victories. How does Denis Vladimirovich feel about losses? – I ask the coach.
- Like a step forward. Analyzes the situation to understand what he did wrong and prevent the same mistake next time. Denis Vladimirovich is a very good team player. Responsible for partners, purposeful, sincerely respecting a worthy opponent.
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