What is behind the carpenter's departure from the post of head of the LC. The former head of the LPR carpenter sits in "crosses" and testifies. Accusations and criticism of Igor Plotnitsky
TASS-DOSIER. On November 24, 2017, the head of the proclaimed Luhansk people's republic(LPR) Igor Plotnitsky resigned for health reasons. He has been appointed LPR commissioner for the implementation of the Minsk agreements. Minister state security LPR Leonid Pasechnik.
Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky was born on June 24, 1964 in the village of Kelmentsy, Chernivtsi region, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).
In 1987 he graduated from the Penza Higher Artillery Engineering School. Chief Marshal of Artillery N. N. Voronov (now - the Penza branch of the Military Academy of Logistics named after General of the Army A. V. Khrulev), in 2008 - a master's degree in East Ukrainian national university them. V. Dahl with a degree in Public Service.
In 1982-1991 he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR. He retired with the rank of major in the reserve.
Since 1991 lives in Lugansk.
In 1992-2004, he worked in various commercial companies as a manager, deputy director for commercial issues, CEO.
From 2004 to 2012, he held the positions of chief specialist, deputy head of the department, head of the department for quality control and the sale of non-food groups of goods and fuels and lubricants, head of the market supervision department in the regional inspectorate for the protection of consumer rights.
In the spring of 2014, with the beginning of protests in the south-east of Ukraine, caused by the events of the Euromaidan and the change of power in the country, Plotnitsky joined the people's militia that was being formed in the region. After the proclamation of the Lugansk People's Republic in April of the same year, he became one of the founders and the first commander of the Zarya People's Liberation Battalion.
From August 14 to August 20, 2014, he acted as head of the LPR in connection with the resignation of Valery Bolotov. On August 20, he was approved in this post by the Supreme Council of the Republic. Also, from August 20 to 26, he was the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the LPR until the election of Gennady Tsypkalov.
On November 2, 2014, Plotnitsky was elected head of the proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, receiving 63.08% of the vote (on November 4, 2014, he took office). His closest rival, the head of the Federation of Trade Unions of the LNR, Oleg Akimov, scored 15.12%.
On February 12, 2015, in Minsk, following consultations between the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine in the Normandy format, together with the members of the contact group to resolve the situation in the south-east of Ukraine and the head of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, signed a set of measures to implement the Minsk agreements ("Minsk-2").
Included in the sanctions lists of the United States, the European Union, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Japan and Ukraine.
On August 6, 2016, an assassination attempt was made on Plotnitsky in Luhansk. Near his car worked explosive device. Plotnitsky was taken to the hospital with injuries. It was reported that there was no threat to his life. The Prosecutor General's Office of the LPR opened two criminal cases under the articles "Encroachment on the life of a statesman" and "Attempt on the life of two or more persons, committed in a generally dangerous way by a group of persons by prior conspiracy."
Awarded the Order of Friendship of the Republic South Ossetia (2015).
Married. Wife - Larisa Nikolaevna (b. 1974). Has a son and a daughter.
Surkov prepares to resign as presidential aide ... LPR Leonid Pasechnik in his conflict with the head of the self-proclaimed republic Igor Plotnitsky. The head of the LPR, in turn, was supported by Surkov, sources said earlier ... Surkov, on the contrary, had a conflict with Plotnitsky and the official sought the resignation of the head of the LPR. November 24, 2017 Carpenter resigned, and the republic ... Defendant Kornet: why the TFR became interested in the ex-minister of the LPR Former Minister of the Interior of the LPR Igor Cornet in conflict with Igor Plotnitsky, became a defendant in the case of the murder of a Russian who served in his guard. ... a year she was appointed a meeting at that time by the head of the LPR Igor Carpenter. According to her, he wanted to discuss the death of her son with her ... RBC has two sources close to the security forces of the republic. Vladimir Cherkov, appointed Plotnitsky head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told RBC that he does not control police units ... The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR called the case of the coup d'état in 2016 fabricated Interior Minister of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Cornet called the case of an attempt fabricated coup d'état in the fall of 2016 ... agents of influence that have spread throughout our republic.” former head LC Igor Carpenter in the fall of 2016, he reported that a group of people tried to arrange a state ... LPR appoints new head of Ministry of State Security ... were connected with the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, dismissed the day before Igor Cornet. Former head of the LPR Igor Carpenter resigned. Pasechnik said in a statement that this was due to health problems. " New Newspaper"wrote that Carpenter ... New head LPR spoke about the political course of the republic ... , after the resignation of the ex-head of the republic Igor Plotnitsky who has held this post since 2014. official reason for leaving Plotnitsky his state of health was named, in ... occurred after the conflict of the ex-head of the unrecognized republic Igor Plotnitsky with the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Cornet, which Carpenter dismissed the day before. In reply... Putsch in the People's Republic: why Plotnitsky did not stay in power ... Pasechnik. Igor Carpenter lost his post because he held on to his team too much, RBC sources say. Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter filed ... the question of how care Igor Plotnitsky resignation will affect the Minsk agreements concluded with the mediation of Moscow. With what care Igor Plotnitsky from head... People's Council of the LPR supported Plotnitsky's decision to resign ... resign Igor Plotnitsky. Earlier, Minister of State Security Leonid Pasechnik declared himself the new head of the republic. The People's Council of the self-proclaimed LPR supported the statement of the former head of the republic Igor Plotnitsky about the resignation own will. It is reported by "Lugansk-inform". All 38 deputies voted "for". The proposal was also approved Plotnitsky ... The Federation Council assessed the impact of the change of power in the LPR on the Minsk agreements ... Federation by international affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov told RBC that leaving Igor Plotnitsky from the post of head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) should not ... The MGB [Ministry of State Security of the Republic] is the person whom he himself recommended Carpenter. Well, will he suddenly change the political course? Everything will be preserved, as ... Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR Igor Cornet, whom Carpenter fired November 20th. A RBC source close to the authorities of the republic previously reported that after the Cornet rebellion Carpenter traveled... The former head of the LPR was appointed authorized representative for the Minsk agreements Former head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky the new republican leadership appointed them authorized to implement the Minsk agreements. About ... the new head of the LPR, the former head of the Ministry of State Security of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik. Igor Carpenter“is one of the signatories of the Minsk agreements, today he has been appointed authorized ... by his statement. On Friday, November 24, Leonid Pasechnik stated that Igor Carpenter resigned from the post of head of the LPR "for health reasons ... The head of the special services of the LPR declared himself the new head of the republic Igor Carpenter resigned. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of State Security of the LPR ... People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter resigned for health reasons, said Minister of State Security Leonid Pasechnik. "Today Igor Venediktovich Carpenter resigned for... The Kremlin refused to comment on the information about the arrival of Plotnitsky in Moscow ...) Igor Plotnitsky. The Kremlin spokesman told reporters about this, RBC correspondent reports. “I still do not comment on the situation with Plotnitsky and LNR. Arrival Plotnitsky in... met with Plotnitsky on a plane flying to Moscow. Later there was a video Plotnitsky walking through the capital's airport. 20 November Carpenter Igor Cornet in connection... The media published a video of Plotnitsky's arrival in Moscow ... the head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) is captured walking through the airport Igor Carpenter. The video was published on its website by the Zvezda TV channel. As the channel notes ... by the personnel of the self-proclaimed DPR, the writer Zakhar Prilepin told RBC that Igor Carpenter arrived in Moscow. He said he flew with the head... Prilepin spoke about the meeting with Plotnitsky on a plane flying to Moscow Igor Carpenter arrived in Moscow. This was told to RBC by the deputy battalion commander ... RBC, close to the authorities of the republic, said that Carpenter after the rebellion of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR Igor Kornet went to Moscow for help, where he ... RBC, that Carpenter did not leave the administration building in Lugansk. 20 November Carpenter signed a decree on the removal from office of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Cornet in... The DPR reported the arrest of "more than ten Ukrainian saboteurs" ... special services of the LPR. Formerly dismissed Interior Minister of the self-proclaimed LPR Igor Cornet stated that the secret services of the two self-proclaimed republics had detained "members of the criminal ... special services" of the self-proclaimed republics. Cornet was dismissed by the head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky 20 November. The next day, the military appeared on the streets of Lugansk... they connected the street with the actions of Cornet, who refused to recognize his resignation. Carpenter accused him of trying to stay in power. At the same time, they appear... Peskov refused to comment on the situation in the LPR ... Russia Dmitry Peskov. Head of the LPR Igor Carpenter On November 20, he signed a decree on the dismissal of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Korneta because of the excitement against ... declared that by decision Plotnitsky arrests are taking place in the upper echelons of power in the LPR. According to Cornet, he introduced Plotnitsky materials about the involvement of a number of ... . The state broadcaster of the LPR reported that the armed men refused to obey the order Plotnitsky leave the city center. According to the chairman of the public movement "Luhansk guards... Novaya Gazeta reported on the flight of Plotnitsky from the LPR ... one of which was the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter, left Lugansk for Russia, Novaya Gazeta reports. According to... in the direction of the Eastern Quarter, where he lives Carpenter Carpenter", - he said. "That's right, Carpenter on a bow in Russia. Looking for ... fraught, ”the interlocutor of RBC explained. 20 November Igor Carpenter signed a decree on the removal from office of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Cornet in connection with the excitement in ... The rebellious Cornet found "Ukrainian spies" in senior management LC ... previously dismissed head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR Igor Cornet, who came into conflict with the head of the republic Igor Plotnitsky. According to the ex-minister, the detained saboteurs... of Luhansk are connected with the removed head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the self-proclaimed republic Igor Cornet, whose head of the LPR Igor Carpenter fired November 20th. The ex-minister said some... The head of the LPR spoke about his trips outside the Donbass Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter at a meeting with reporters, he said: “Everyone sees when I leave [... the republic and does not plan to in the near future. That Igor Carpenter left Lugansk, said the head of the communications department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Artem Shevchenko ... . According to them, the head of the LNR fled to Russia. About departure Plotnitsky also reported "USN-1492news" with reference to the Ukrainian journalist Sergei ... Cornet uprising: what is happening in the LPR ... that the center of Luhansk is blocked by armed unknown persons. At the request of the head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky they refused to leave the city. As the employee of the television company said, on ... the side of the Eastern Quarter, where he lives Carpenter. Quite possibly, in the tuple was Carpenter", - he said. Longtime conflict Igor Carpenter has been in conflict with the LPR security forces for a long time. AT... Plotnitsky instructed the ministers to “put things in order” on LPR television State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of the LPR showed footage from the meeting Igor Plotnitsky with acting heads of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. “So that’s it, ... during the conversation, the head of the LPR. Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter held a working meeting with the acting heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations ... and the students were asked to go home. Before Carpenter ordered the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Cornet to leave the post due to the excitation against him ... The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the escape of Igor Plotnitsky to Russia Head of the LPR Igor Carpenter fled from Lugansk to Russia, the head of the communications department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said ... with armed men and armored vehicles. Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter left Lugansk and is currently in Russia. About ... republics Igor Cornet, whom he fired the day before Carpenter. Cornet accused a number of high-ranking LNR officials of corruption, saying all evidence was sent Plotnitsky. Chapter... Poroshenko convened a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council after blocking Lugansk by security forces ... the presence of the armed forces of Donetsk in Lugansk. Head of the LPR Igor Carpenter decided by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Cornet to leave his post in connection with the ... arrests of the head of the administration and the head of the government security service by decision Plotnitsky. The head of the LPR himself called the blocking of Luhansk by order of Cornet illegitimate... The media learned about the military from the DPR who arrived in Luhansk on Ural trucks ... where the administrative buildings are located. The day before, the head of the LPR Igor Carpenter dismissed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Kornet because of the criminal case initiated against him ... post, and announced the arrests in the highest echelons of power of the republic. Carpenter On November 21, he called Cornet's actions illegitimate. He stressed that the resignation ... surrounded by Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin is in conflict Plotnitsky and Cornet sided with the latter. The Kremlin took the side of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR in his conflict with Plotnitsky ... , November 20, head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter sent the Minister of the Interior Igor Cornet resigned "in connection with the excitation in ... that statement Plotnitsky"distributed by representatives of the destructive forces involved in the work of the Ukrainian special services and oligarchic clans." Longtime conflict Igor Carpenter has been in conflict with... Unidentified people in the center of Luhansk: confrontation in the capital of the LPR Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic Igor Carpenter November 20 dismissed the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic Igor Cornet. After that, the center of Lugansk was blocked by armored vehicles and unknown people in camouflage. What is happening in the LPR - in the RBC photo gallery.. Nikita Popov, Alexandra Fedotova Plotnitsky dismissed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR Kornet, who became a defendant in the case Head of the LPR Igor Carpenter dismissed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the self-proclaimed republic Igor Cornet. It is reported that the decision is connected with the opening of a criminal case against him. Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter dismissed the minister of the interior Igor Kornet because of a criminal case. Post posted... The leaders of the LNR and DNR supported the idea of captives after a conversation with Putin The head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko and the head of the LPR Igor Carpenter in a conversation with President Vladimir Putin, they supported the initiative to exchange prisoners ... Carpenter Plotnitsky expressed condolences to the relatives of the deputies killed in the LPR ... defending the interests of the Motherland and citizens,” the head of the republic said in a statement. Carpenter said that the LPR "will not forget its heroes", and expressed confidence... Igor Carpenter Carpenter Plotnitsky called the condition for the actual return of the LPR to Ukraine ... if the “regime” changes in Kyiv. About this the head of the LPR Igor Carpenter said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. "The neo-Nazi regime is not the whole...". “Sooner or later we will forgive them, but after repentance,” added Carpenter, explaining that, in his opinion, "if Ukraine remains with that ... Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter Plotnitsky The head of the LPR expressed condolences to the family of the deceased member of the OSCE mission Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter expressed his condolences to the employee of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), who died ... "to work in concert and be ready for any provocations." According to Plotnitsky, this explosion "endangered the entire republic." “We understand very well... Igor Carpenter Carpenter Plotnitsky The head of the LPR confirmed the meeting with Savchenko in Minsk Leader of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Carpenter said that, together with the head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Alexander..., that this whole process is taking place within the framework of the Minsk negotiations," he said. Carpenter. According to him, the main topic of conversation with Savchenko was the exchange ... visited Minsk, where she had a meeting with Zakharchenko and Plotnitsky. The interlocutors of the publication claimed that the meeting was organized by the FSB with the assistance of... Savchenko called the head of the LPR involved in her abduction ... a court hearing in the case of the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky stated that Carpenter"guilty" of her kidnapping. This was reported by the TV channel "112 ... district court Kyiv summoned the head of the LPR to a meeting on August 31 Igor Plotnitsky as accused of unlawful imprisonment or kidnapping ... the state border. Myself Carpenter when summoned to court, he said that he did not intend to come to Kyiv to testify. Carpenter Then he explained that... Igor Plotnitsky Plotnitsky Plotnitsky Vera Savchenko named an accomplice in the kidnapping of her sister in court ... in the Kiev court in the case of the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky. She named the name of a possible accomplice in the kidnapping of her sister, the publication reports. She also added that she had information about the involvement Plotnitsky to the kidnapping and illegal export of Nadezhda to the territory of Russia. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for November 10. The Ukrainian side accuses Plotnitsky committing a terrorist attack, unlawful imprisonment or kidnapping and... The head of the LPR Plotnitsky called the condition of the meeting with Nadezhda Savchenko ... people's republic Igor Carpenter announced his readiness to meet with People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko, if she is given the appropriate authority. About it Carpenter told ... with the Ukrainian side on the exchange of prisoners of war and on their release. Carpenter explained that he was ready to discuss and accept with Savchenko what...Igor Plotnitsky, after his resignation from the post of head of the LPR, moved to Russia. In the Russian Federation, he was placed in SIZO No. 1 in St. Petersburg, which is also known as "Crosses". This was announced in an interview with the YouTube channel PolitWera by Vladlen Zaruba, who was one of the wards of the first head of the LPR, Valery Bolotov, who died unexpectedly in January 2017.
The interviewer asked Zaruba if he knew anything about future fate Plotnitsky, who, according to a number of Ukrainian media, "now lives on Rublyovka", and Russian journalists are "silent" about this.
"No, no one lives on Rublyovka. He (Plotnitsky) lives in Kresty and gives very good testimony," Zaruba said.
According to him, only thanks to the testimony of Plotnitsky in Russia for embezzlement Money in the amount of "more than a billion dollars allocated by Russia" his "curator-accomplice" the owner of the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (AMK) was arrested.
As reported in the media, on February 8, the Basmanny Court in Moscow arrested for two months the CEO of the second largest metallurgical company in Ukraine, the Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD, which includes AMK), billionaire Oleg Mkrtchan.
According to the case file, the businessman was charged under the criminal article "Fraud committed by an organized group or in a special large size or entailed the deprivation of a citizen's right to housing. "The essence of the charges brought remains a mystery.
At the same time, Verkhovna Rada deputy, ex-governor of the Donetsk region and executive director of the ISD Serhiy Taruta said that Mkrtchyan was being charged with embezzlement of funds received by state-owned banks. We can talk about loans from Vnesheconombank, which were allocated both for the development of the Industrial Union of Donbass and for the operation of other companies that the entrepreneur owns in Russia.
Recall that, according to official information, Plotnitsky resigned for health reasons. "Numerous combat wounds and the consequences of shell shock have affected," said Leonid Pasechnik, ex-Minister of State Security of the LPR, who became Plotnitsky's successor as head of the republic. However, according to Vladlen Zaruba, the ex-head of the LPR was arrested for fraud with money and "brutal criminality." In particular, Bolotov's former assistant said that, having headed the republic, Plotnitsky began to "remove the leaders of the militia."
Thus, Novaya Gazeta reported on November 23 that Plotnitsky had left Lugansk and was heading to Russia. The publication wrote that the head of his administration, Irina Teitsman, the director of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of the LPR, Anastasia Shurkaeva, and some other people left the city with him. Later sympathetic to the militias Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin confirmed that Plotnitsky arrived in Moscow by plane.
According to Zaruba, Plotnitsky's departure did not affect the state of affairs in the LPR, since his team was able to maintain power in the republic. "All these outrages, all these murders were ordered, they took place under these security ministers. So what good can we expect?" Zaruba said.
He also recalled that Plotnitsky's ministers, Leonid Pasechnik and Igor Kornet, are still at the helm of the unrecognized republic.
Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky — statesman Lugansk People's Republic, head of the LPR (from November 4, 2014 to November 25, 2017). Igor Plotnitsky also served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the LPR (from August 20 to 26, 2014), Minister of Defense of the LPR (from May 23 to August 14, 2014). Reserve Major.
A family, early years and education of Igor Plotnitsky
Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky was born on June 24, 1964 in the urban-type settlement of Kelmentsy, Chernivtsi region, Ukrainian SSR.
Father - Venedikt Petrovich Plotnitsky(1939−2016) was a mechanic.
Mother - Olga Antonovna Plotnitskaya(1940−2016) worked as a cleaner at the post office.
Grandmother - Nina Pavlovna Plotnitskaya (1920−2015), last years lived in a nursing home, according to Plotnitsky's biography on Wikipedia.
When the well-known events began in Ukraine, the parents of Igor Venediktovich left for Russia, this happened in August 2014. They lived in Voronezh (Podgornoye microdistrict). In September 2016, a tragedy occurred in the family. Parents of Igor Plotnitsky were poisoned by mushrooms. They were transported to Moscow to the Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Medicine, but the Plotnitskys could not be saved. Igor Plotnitsky himself confirmed the death of his parents, but did not go into detail about this press.
Igor Plotnitsky has a brother Michael(1976), he is in business.
After school, Igor Plotnitsky entered the Penza Higher Artillery Engineering School. Chief Marshal of Artillery N. N. Voronov, who graduated in 1987. Plotnitsky was transferred to the reserve in 1991 with the rank of major. Since that time, Igor Venediktovich lived in Lugansk.
In 2008, Plotnitsky graduated from the magistracy of the East Ukrainian University named after. V. Dahl, specialty " public service».
Labor biography of Igor Plotnitsky
After arriving in Luhansk, Igor Plotnitsky worked in various companies as a manager and deputy director for commercial issues. In 1996, Igor Venediktovich became the founder and head of the private enterprise TF Scarab. Carpenter was engaged wholesale and retail trade Fuel and lubricants and owned its own gas station.
From 2004 to 2012, in the biography of Plotnitsky appeared the new kind activities - Igor Venediktovich began to work in the regional Inspectorate for the Protection of Consumer Rights. Igor Plotnitsky was the chief specialist, deputy head of the department, head of the department for quality control and the sale of non-food groups of goods and fuels, head of the market supervision department, according to his biography on Wikipedia. Igor Plotnitsky was awarded the 10th rank of civil servant.
Ukrainian crisis
After the declaration of independence of the Lugansk People's Republic, Igor Plotnitsky enthusiastically took part in its formation. In April 2014, Plotnitsky became the first commander of the Zarya people's liberation battalion. A month later, Igor Venediktovich was appointed Minister of Defense of the Republic. “Under the leadership of Plotnitsky, the young, newly formed army of the country was able to give a worthy rebuff to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and defend the independence of the LPR,” says Plotnitsky’s biography on official page head of the LPR.
Minister of Defense of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky at the headquarters of the people's militia of the LPR, 2014 (Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS)
Igor Plotnitsky at the head of the LNR
On August 14, Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky was appointed to the post of Head of the Luhansk People's Republic in connection with the resignation Valeria Bolotova. A week later, Igor Plotnitsky became and Prime Minister of the LPR.
On November 3, after the elections held in the LPR, Plotnitsky was elected to the post of Head of the Luhansk People's Republic. Of course, Ukraine, the EU, the US and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon did not recognize these elections.
The first decree as head of the LPR was on the provision of financial assistance orphans whose parents died as a result of hostilities in the territory of the republic.
Ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the Settlement of the Situation in Ukraine Adelheid Tagliavini, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov and Prime Minister of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky (from left to right) after the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group ( Ukraine-OSCE-Russia) to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine near the "President Hotel", 2014 (Photo: BelTA / Natalia Ablozhey / TASS)
After winning the elections in November 2014, Igor Plotnitsky wrote Petro Poroshenko open letter, in which he called on him to "come together in a fair duel."
“Let's, following the example of the ancient Slavic leaders and the glorious Cossack atamans, come together in a duel. Whoever wins dictates his conditions to the opposite side. I am announcing them right now: the immediate cessation of any hostilities, the withdrawal of all legal, semi-legal, para-legal and illegal armed formations of Ukraine outside the administrative borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions; the early start of negotiations on the conclusion of a peace treaty between Ukraine and the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as the Donetsk People's Republic," cited Plotnitsky's letter in the news.
Head of the Luhansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky (center) solemn presentation battle banner of the second separate brigade People's Militia of the LPR, 2014 (Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS)
February 12, 2015 Igor Plotnitsky and the head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko signed document "Minsk-2", agreed by the "Norman Four".
A little later, at a briefing, the head of the LPR, Igor Plotnitsky declared that if the Kyiv authorities carry out the reforms that are outlined in the Minsk agreements, then the Luhansk People's Republic may return to Ukraine. “Will we be part of Ukraine? It all depends on what kind of Ukraine will be. The one that is now - no, we will not be in the same composition with such a Ukraine. Let's see how it all ends, ”the media quoted Plotnitsky as saying.
Carpenter expressed confidence that in 2017 an end will be put to the military conflict between the republics of Donbass and Ukraine.
Assassination attempt on Igor Plotnitsky
Candidate from the organization "Peace to the Lugansk region" Prime Minister of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky, 2014 (Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS)
Like other leaders of the republics of Donbass, Igor Plotnitsky faced attempts on his life. On August 6, 2016, unknown people blew up the car of Igor Venediktovich. Igor Plotnitsky and two people with him were seriously injured and were urgently taken to the traumatology department of the Luhansk regional hospital.
The leader of the LPR addressed the population of the republic, in which he assured fellow citizens that nothing threatened his life, and that he would soon return to work, and also laid a responsibility for an attempt on the Ukrainian authorities, behind which, according to him, are the Americans. August 7 Igor Plotnitsky was discharged from the regional hospital.
At the General Prosecutor's Office of the LPR assumed that the attempt on the leader of the republic could be committed by Ukrainian saboteurs, and what happened was qualified as a terrorist attack. In turn, the official Kyiv claims about his non-involvement in the assassination attempt on Plotnitsky.
Persecution of Igor Plotnitsky in Ukraine
On October 30, 2014, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine accused Igor Plotnitsky and a citizen of the Russian Federation Alexandra Popova in the abduction of a Ukrainian pilot Hope Savchenko. According to Investigative Committee Russia, Savchenko crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border on her own under the guise of an undocumented refugee and was detained on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with Russian law, as a suspect in a criminal case of the murder of Russian journalists. Within the framework of the organized RF in November 2015 litigation over Nadezhda Savchenko, Igor Plotnitsky testified behind closed doors.
Head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky (right) during a military parade dedicated to the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic war, 2016 (Photo: Valentin Sprinchak / TASS)
After the release of Savchenko confessed who secretly communicates in neutral territories with Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky. In December 2016, Igor Plotnitsky confirmed this information to journalists. According to the head of the LPR, main theme negotiations were exchange prisoners under the formula "all for all".
On December 7, 2015, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv allowed the Security Service of Ukraine to start a special (absentia) investigation against Igor Plotnitsky. The head of the LPR is suspected of committing crimes under Part 3 of Art. 146 (illegal deprivation of liberty or kidnapping), part 2 of Art. 258 (terrorist activity), part 3 of Art. 332 (illegal movement of persons across the border) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. On March 22, 2016, the Security Service of Ukraine completed an absentee pre-trial investigation of criminal proceedings on suspicion of Igor Plotnitsky in committing these crimes.
Igor Plotnitsky and Alexander Zakharchenko are on the list of persons subject to the US Presidential Decree Barack Obama on sanctions against Russia.
Head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Plotnitsky at the unveiling of a memorial sign "To the dead civilians on June 2, 2014" during mourning events on the anniversary of the airstrike on the building of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, 2015 (Photo: Taras Dudnik/TASS)
Accusations and criticism of Igor Plotnitsky
In the LPR itself, Igor Plotnitsky had many opponents, and now his critics tend to blame the head of the republic for the deaths of a number of prominent militia commanders. Igor Plotnitsky is criticized by representatives of the Lugansk Cossacks.
Commanding Pavel Dryomov(call sign "Batya") openly accused Igor Plotnitsky and his entourage of embezzling state property. Criticized Plotnitsky and the commander of the Ghost brigade Alexey Mozgovoy.
And the fighters of the Lugansk battalion "Batman" suspected Plotnitsky of organizing the murder of their commander Alexandra Bednova, who died on January 1, 2015 during a clash with members of the people's militia of the LPR.
According to a press release from the LPR prosecutor's office, Bednov was killed by members of the people's militia during his arrest, during which he offered armed resistance. The prosecutor's office also noted that Bednov was suspected of illegal imprisonment and torture of civilians, as well as robberies.
May 23, 2015 one of the most authoritative leaders of the Luhansk People's Republic Alexei Mozgovoy died as a result of sabotage on the Perevalsk-Lugansk highway. Igor Plotnitsky, commenting on the murder of Alexei Mozgovoy, said that what happened could be beneficial to Kyiv.
December 12, 2015 during a trip to his own wedding at the Palace of Culture. Gorky (Pervomaisk) Pavel Dremov died from a car bomb explosion. Head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky commented this news, calling the murdered leader of the Cossacks Pavel Dremov "a good commander, indeed, a respected person among the Cossacks."
Political views Igor Plotnitsky
Igor Plotnitsky proposed form the Union of Unrecognized States (CIS). In his opinion, this will help to solve economic and political problems similar formations. He voiced this idea during scientific and practical conference"Recognition of States and Governments: Challenges, Barriers and Opportunities".
“Maybe it makes sense to think about other issues, about creating your own CIS - the Union of Unrecognized States? After all, if we live alone, yes, it’s very difficult for us, but if someone didn’t recognize us and for some reason, what prevents us from recognizing each other, uniting and solving our own economic and political, if possible, issues? Plotnitsky said.
Resignation
In November 2017, Igor Plotnitsky entered into a conflict with the security forces in Lugansk, and could not emerge victorious from it. On November 20, 2017, it became known that LNR Interior Minister Igor Kornet removed from office, a criminal case has been initiated against him. The next day, unmarked armed men blocked part of the streets in Lugansk and blocked the administration building of the head of the LPR. Cornet made a statement that he did not resign and spoke about Ukrainian spies surrounded by the head of the LPR. Igor Plotnitsky himself said that the situation is under control, and former minister MIA trying to destabilize situation within the republic.
The media later reported that the purpose of the coup was join LPR to the neighboring DPR. 22 November OSCE Special Monitoring Mission fixed armed military and equipment on the streets of Lugansk.
On the morning of November 23, the news reported that Carpenter left Lugansk by car and left for Russia. Later, the writer Zakhar Prilepin said that the head of the LPR arrived to Moscow from Rostov on a regular flight.
On November 24, it became known that Igor Plotnitsky left a post head of the LPR for health reasons. On November 25, the People's Council of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) supported the early termination of the powers of Plotnitsky and approved Acting head of the LPR, Minister of State Security of the Republic Leonid Pasechnik.
Later it was reported that Plotnitsky was appointed authorized from the LPR for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Personal life of Igor Plotnitsky
Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky is married to Larisa Plotnitskaya. They have two children - a son Stanislav(1985) and daughter.
Head of the Lugansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky (foreground) with his wife Larisa after voting in the elections for the head of the LPR and deputies People's Council republics at polling station No. 29, 2014 (Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS)
Plotnitsky's wife is engaged social activities in the LPR, in the news about the life of the republic, one could see a photo of Larisa with her husband. The wife of the head of the LPR is not a very public person, but she gave an interview to the NTV channel. Larisa Plotnitskaya in the program "New Russian Sensations" told how she miraculously survived after a raid by Ukrainian aviation.