Tranquillus in Exile
New member
The Donetsk People’s Republic was originally run by two men who described themselves as volunteers from Russia.
Far-right former journalist Alexander Borodai was the political chief and self-styled “starter up”. Igor Strelkov was the military commander when they shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. Remember the claim that the airliner was full of dead bodies being flown on autopilot, a theory widely promoted in the Russian media? That was Strelkov’s idea.
Moscow decided to replace these men with locals to show the West that the uprising was a grassroots movement, Borodai told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...d-by-putin-aide-in-east-ukraine-idUSKBN1870TJ
Both now live in Moscow. Borodai is a member of the Duma for the Putin-loyalist United Russia party. Strelkov has started a party with the aim of restoring the glories of the Tsarist Empire - but without serfdom, I assume.
Far-right former journalist Alexander Borodai was the political chief and self-styled “starter up”. Igor Strelkov was the military commander when they shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. Remember the claim that the airliner was full of dead bodies being flown on autopilot, a theory widely promoted in the Russian media? That was Strelkov’s idea.
Moscow decided to replace these men with locals to show the West that the uprising was a grassroots movement, Borodai told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...d-by-putin-aide-in-east-ukraine-idUSKBN1870TJ
Both now live in Moscow. Borodai is a member of the Duma for the Putin-loyalist United Russia party. Strelkov has started a party with the aim of restoring the glories of the Tsarist Empire - but without serfdom, I assume.