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| | [[File:Prime Minister of DPR Aleksandr Zakharchenko, September 8, 2014.jpg|thumb|Alexander Zakharchenko]] | | [[File:Prime Minister of DPR Aleksandr Zakharchenko, September 8, 2014.jpg|thumb|Alexander Zakharchenko]] |
| − | '''Alexander Zakharchenko''' (born 1976) is the minister president of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. | + | '''Alexander Zakharchenko''' (born 1976) is the minister president of the self-proclaimed [[Donetsk People's Republic]], a Russia-backed separatist group which is recognized as a terrorist organization by the Ukrainian government. |
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| | ==Biography== | | ==Biography== |
| − | Zakharchenko was born in [[Donetsk]] in 1976. After graduating from technical school he worked as a mine electrician. Later he was a student at the law institute of Ukraine's interior ministry.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27211501</ref> Since April 2014 Zakharchenko was engaged in the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. On August 7, 2014 he became minister president of the Republic of Donetsk after [[Alexander Borodai]] resigned.<ref>http://rt.com/news/line/2014-08-07/</ref> | + | Zakharchenko was born in [[Donetsk]] in 1976. After graduating from technical school he worked as a mine electrician. Later he was a student at the law institute of Ukraine's interior ministry.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27211501</ref> Since April 2014 Zakharchenko was engaged in the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. On August 7, 2014 he became minister president of the Republic of Donetsk after [[Alexander Borodai]] resigned.<ref>http://rt.com/news/line/2014-08-07/</ref> Zakharchenko was endorsed by the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic.<ref>http://en.tass.ru/world/753337</ref> |
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| | + | == Views == |
| | Zakharchenko is a member of the [[Russian]] [[Orthodox Church]].<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/30/us-ukraine-crisis-east-idUSKBN0IJ22G20141030</ref> | | Zakharchenko is a member of the [[Russian]] [[Orthodox Church]].<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/30/us-ukraine-crisis-east-idUSKBN0IJ22G20141030</ref> |
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| | + | In December 2016 Zakharchenko said that [[Britain]] should be conquered: "I'm not saying '[[Kyiv]].' In fact, not even [[Berlin]] must be taken. We should leave it behind and conquer Britain. The Anglo-Saxons are the evil to our Russian fate. If we succeed, Russia's 'golden age' will come, according to all our predictions".<ref>https://en.censor.net.ua/video_news/418061/zakharchenko_blames_russias_plight_on_anglosaxons_says_britain_must_be_conquered_video_in_russian</ref> |
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