Pushilin: ‘DPR’ deputy PM Trapeznikov appointed acting leader

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Sept. 1, 2018 at 10:26 am

Servicemen stand guard next to the Ukrainian villagers attending a demonstration on July 17, 2015 near the Grabove village, in the Donetsk region, in memory of the people who died in the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

Photo by AFP

The self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) will be temporarily led by its Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Trapeznikov after the killing of Alexander Zakharchenko.

“In accordance with Part One of Article 102 of the “DPR” Constitution, and following the killing of Zakharchenko, it was decided to vest [his] duties on the deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, Dmitry Viktorovich Trapeznikov,” “DPR” People’s Council chairman Denis Pushilin told journalists.