Zakharchenko was killed by a bomb blast on August 31. The other two men were not identified but are thought to represent either the Kremlin or Russian security services. That fact that one of them is heard as saying “Zakharchenko is supported by Surkov”
The SBU said that one of them is Alexander Lavrentyev, an aide of Denis Pushilin, who then served as Speaker of “Parliament”. In the five-minute recording, the man identified by the SBU as Lavrentyev mentions the necessity “to remove Zakharchenko without elections before September”.(
SBU published three recordings in relation to Zakharchenko’s August 31 assassination and the ensuing purge of his allies. The key recording, released on September 27, is an excerpt from a four-hour long talk between three men held in a restaurant in the Turkish resort of Antalya in June 12.(
9/30 On September 27, the SBU published an audio recording of a conversation between an assistant to Denis Pushilin, the new DPR leader, and two unknown persons, where they discussed the “replacement” of Zakharchenko as head of the DPR.
Tens of thousands turned out for Zakharchenko’s funeral, in a display of grief that was more than simply a stage-managed spectacle.〜If Moscow – or Kiev – believes it can decide how this war ends without considering these people’s views and interests, they are going to be disappointed.
9/4 His acting successor, Dmitry Trapeznikov, has a reputation as a man whose principles are less pronounced than his pragmatism. He has been connected with figures as varied as Russia’s lord high curator Vladislav Surkov, local oligarch Rinat Akhmedov and several crime bosses.／
to improve its micro-management – in this case the running of the Donetsk “People’s Republic”. The fact that Zakharchenko was assassinated and not ousted by a coup like in Luhansk also suggests that his support among the armed formations was deemed as too big.
a former separatist commander who turned into an open critic during the last two years, stopped publishing social media posts in May. Taken together, all this points to a killing that might have been ordered by Moscow – but not in order to escalate or de-escalate the conflict, but rather(
Zakharchenko’s funeral became an interesting show of public support for the Donetsk separatists.／ Denis Pushilin never openly criticized him, not even after he was ousted as leader of the ruling “Donetsk Republic” movement in October (see Newsletter 24). And Alexander Khodakovsky,(
Zakharchenko’s assassins came from or at least had support from his close entourage.／ Surprisingly, the ceremony was not attended by a single representative from the Russian government. 1週間前に南オセチアの「独立祝典」で会っているスルコフも、葬儀に現れず／
9/4 Kazakov stressed that Zakharchenko had decided spontaneously to visit the café, which is located close to his office. He added that stops in restaurants were a habit of Zakharchenko that became “a headache” for his bodyguards.／These circumstances led most observers to conclude that(
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Ukraine's intel explains why Russia's FSB behind assassination of "DPR" leader Zakharchenko
Separatist leader Khodakovsky confirms that Ukrainian Security Service recordings of Zakharchenko's assassination are genuine
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Killed By A Bomb, Zakharchenko Was A Thorn In Side Of Both Kyiv, Moscow