Andrei Purgin
Andrei Purgin | |
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Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic | |
In office 14 November 2014 – 4 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Vladimir Antyufeyev |
Succeeded by | Denis Pushilin |
Personal details | |
Born | Donetsk Republic | 26 January 1972
Andrei Yevgenyevich Purgin (
Biography
Born in
On 23 February 2005 (Soviet Army and Navy Day) Purgin participated in a protest of the Union of the Born by Revolution that established a small tent city at the Lenin Square in Donetsk. The protested issued a request consisting of 12 principles that included federalization of Ukraine, official status for the Russian language and other issues promoting the rights of the Russian-speaking population. The Donetsk District Court of Voroshilov Region ordered the tents to be removed.[4]
At the end of 2005 (6 December 2005) Purgin already headed the newly organized movement
In the winter of 2013, together with "titushky", Purgin dispersed supporters of Euromaidan in Donetsk; but in the heat of battle titushky beat him.[3]
According to the
In the interview to "Informbyuro" on May 18, 2014, Purgin stated that on March 27, 1994, there was a referendum in Donetsk and Luhansk regions where 90% of population voted for federalization of Ukraine.[6] He also acknowledged that the Donetsk Republic as organization included also National Bolsheviks mainly in Makiivka.[6]
Purgin opposed some of the key points of the February 2015
On 4 September 2015 Purgin was removed from the position of the Chairman of the People's Council of the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic for "an attempt to disrupt a meeting of the People's Soviet and present false inflaming information".[2] He was then detained for four days for reasons unknown to him.[7] The new chairman of the Soviet became Denis Pushilin, his deputy.[8] Pushilin denied Purgin's arrest.[9] Observers claimed Purgin's dismissal was part of efforts of the Russian government to bring the Donetsk People's Republic to heel to observe the Minsk II agreement.[7]
Sanctions
Sanctioned by the
References
- ^ Деніс Пушилін: Мажоритарні округи \ Київська область \ Округ №94 [Denis Pushylin: Majority districts \ Kyiv oblast \ District №94] (in Ukrainian). nbnews.com.ua. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Спикер народного совета ДНР Андрей Пургин отправлен в отставку". Interfax. 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g (in Russian) Small bio on Politrada
- ^ Kurtsanovskaya, A. Union of the Born by Revolution: "Pora" terrorizes Donbas - interview. Novosti Donbassa. 24 March 2005
- ^ Profile at the Ministry of Internal Affairs website.
- ^ a b Andrei Purgin: we think for the process of gaining political and economical independence of Donbas to be the least difficult Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Informbyuro. 18 May 2014
- ^ AFP news(7 September 2015)
- ^ "Пушилин возглавил парламент ДНР". Interfax. 4 September 2015.
- ^ Pushilin denies reports of Purgin's arrest Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax (7 September 2015)
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.