In the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s Republic announced the list of persona non grata. The personal decree of the head DND Alexander Zakharchenko “until further notice” forbidden to enter through the border of the 49 largest businessmen, ex-officials and politicians of the region.
The list is interesting from all points of view. For a start there are no former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and ex-Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who was ousted from power in the revolution of euromaidan. It turns out, their way to Donetsk now open.
Compiled a black list is not alphabetically and more like the rating of a persona non grata. Number one, the powerful Donbas oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, who is here as a “native of Donetsk in 1966”. It is followed by “gray cardinal” of Ukraine, Yanukovych Andriy Klyuyev and the two leaders of the party “Opposition bloc” Yury Boiko, and Borys Kolesnikov. Further, the former Minister of coal industry of Ukraine, Yanukovych Serhiy Tulub.
“Strange list for a document, posted on the official website, commented on the situation in Donetsk investigative journalist Sergei Garmash. — No alphabetical list, no complete data of the people only with names, some with names and patronymics”.
Probably all this is due to the fact that the list reflects the current conflict in Donbas. The internal contradictions of the sponsors of the “Opposition bloc” (the party that emerged from the wreckage of the Party of regions Yanukovych) recently ended in reconciliation. In the last Congress, a number of allies Serhiy Lyovochkin, the former head of administration of President Yanukovych, trimmed on the administrative vertical by Rinat Akhmetov’s people. The leaders of the party officially now became two. Head of the faction “opposition bloc” in the Verkhovna Rada Yuriy Boyko agreed to share powers with the Prime Minister of the opposition government, businessman Borys Kolesnikov. Now they are close and in the black list Zakharchenko.
Undesirable persons can be divided into three large groups: the former leaders of the Party of regions, who is serving a forced exile in Moscow, the current leaders of the Opposition bloc and the largest businessmen of Donbas.
Political filter
In the first group of former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka, former interior Minister of Ukraine Vitaliy Zakharchenko, the flashing at the Moscow esters of the former people’s Deputy from Party of regions Mykola Levchenko, a former Minister of health of the country Raisa Bogatyreva. Viktor Pshonka last two years in the public field does not manifest itself. Vitaliy Zakharchenko charity Fund finances the rehabilitation of the soldiers of “Berkut” with its headquarters in Sevastopol.
Among the Donbass persona non grata there, and Alexander Klimenko, a businessman and former Deputy Governor of the Donetsk region. He stays away from political exiles in Moscow. Esters does not go, in General the projects are not involved, and his team of spin-doctors struggling demonstrates all possible ways it “Ukrainian”. Sources in Donetsk say that the PR campaign “Restoration of Donbass” one time I tried to start the DNI and in the press, but the idea has not found understanding at local authorities.
A curious detail: in the black list do not hit the other Klimenko, Aleksandr Viktorovich, former Minister of taxes and levies of the time of Yanukovych. Today he is trying to influence the situation in Kiev by funding the media holding “Vesti” and the charity Fund “Restoring Donbas”.
While nothing is known about the attempts of the top defendants in the list to visit in Donetsk. On the contrary. For example, Alexander Ivanovich Klimenko in 2015 killed the brother of Anton. He was buried not at home, and on purchased land in the Valaam monastery.
Another part of the blacklist reflects the competition of persons become familiar in Donetsk.
Eloquent fact: in the list the current people’s Deputy of Ukraine Efim Zvyagilsky, master lease enterprise Zasyadko mine. It is the largest working mine in Donetsk, the workers of which until recently were paid in UAH. The mine office was guarded by soldiers of brigade “Vostok”, and she was famous for the only in the Ukrainian ATMs. The salary of the departments was received on schedule, as well filled and ATMs.
Yefim zviagilskiy — the legend of Donetsk. He was 80 years old, and his authority can hardly be overestimated. To the first meeting of the newly elected Parliament of Ukraine did not start the elder from Donetsk, even had to change the rules of the last Parliament.
But the black list a close relative of Rinat Akhmetov, people’s Deputy of Ukraine Tatiana Bakhteyeva. She is a former head physician of regional clinical hospital named after Kalinin, Donetsk Bakhteyeva also visits regularly. During his last trip he brought insulin for children and, according to sources, has asked for a meeting with Alexander Zakharchenko. The head of the Republic at the meeting did not go, the conversation took place with someone from deputies, details of the meeting are still unknown.
Business under the gun
A source in the government DND very succinctly and briefly commented on the purpose of the new decree. “First, the preparations for primaries and elections as you want it call, but this is the main reason. Strangers are not welcome, and they will not be here, ” he said. — Secondly, the introduction is preparing public administrations for the enterprise. On the separate enterprises, the authorities have already included”.
As reported by another source at the last Council of Ministers DND Alexander Granovsky, Minister of industry and trade, do the suggested decision on the introduction of public administration at Dokuchayevsk flux and dolomite plant, Gorlovskiy machine-building plant, Donetsk plant of mining machinery.
The first enterprise before the war came under the control of the people of the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, the latter part of engineering holding, Rinat Akhmetov. In DND announced the initiative could be the beginning of large-scale privatization attempts. However, before the turn of the strategic enterprises is not reached. The same Donetsk plant of mining machine building “took away” from Akhmetov’s holding company at the very beginning of the construction of the self-proclaimed Republic.
Among the persona non grata a lot of strong businessmen, far removed from politics, including the owner of the largest local vodka production Pavel klimets, and all three founders of Industrial Union of Donbass”: Alik Mkrtchyan (live in Russia) and “Kiev” Igor Gumenyuk with Sergei Taruta.
In the black list, DND also the owner of Gorlovka “Stirol” Alexander Yankovsky, General Director of the mine “Krasnolimanskaya-Western” Leonid Baysarov, owner and Director of the Novo-Kramatorsk machine-building plant Georgi scuderi. Incidentally, the latter two companies are located in Krasnoarmeysk and Kramatorsk — on the territory controlled by Ukraine.
Appears in the list, finally, and Yuri Ivanyushchenko, known including under the pseudonym of Yury enakiyevsky, was considered the shadow “purse” of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. His impressive Palace in Yenakiyevo is still intact under the protection of the DNR offices.
To enter the DNR banned and the recent “the master of the Crimea”, head of the Council of Ministers of the Peninsula Anatoly Mogilev, as well as many top managers Akhmetov, a prominent administrators during the reign of the Party of regions.
Great adventurers
Among unexpected people in the black list — Vladislav Draeger, the Ukrainian “legal king of raiding”. Draeger back in 2007, managed to divert one of the factories of Donetsk Alexander Yanukovych, when his father was in the Ukrainian opposition. When Yanukovych Sr. came to power, Draeger, millionaire of Ukrainian top-100, was arrested in front of the children and put in jail on charges of murders. He stayed up with 2010 before the collapse of Yanukovych. Now noted in the list of Alexander Zakharchenko.
If you remember about other “great adventurers”, then residing in Moscow, Sergey Kurchenko, too, is now not welcome in Donetsk. His group of companies “Gas Ukraine” has repeatedly been accused of using illegal schemes and illegal attempts to monopolize the gas market.
The members of the list have remained silent, while the audience separate conflicts seep. So, after the publication was marked by a comment in Facebook by a former people’s Deputy of Ukraine from Party of regions Elena Bondarenko. Elena lives in Kiev, fly to Moscow on numerous broadcasts of Federal channels and was not included in the list Zakharchenko.
In the social network Bondarenko talked about being on the list of DNR Boris and Alexander Adam. Father Boris Adamov was Deputy Governor of the Donetsk region, and his son Alexander the most famous in Donetsk developer. According to Bondarenko, the ban on entry to the DNR they deserve because of the contract from 2014 to build a wall on the Russian-Ukrainian border. The former MP received a very sharp reply from Alexander Adamov. Now this correspondence in Facebook is deleted.
Observers earlier argued that when in DND the elections will be held, Alexander Zakharchenko will be much more comfortable to see on the ballot “the Right sector” and “Freedom”, than close to the rhetoric of “Opposition bloc”, which could siphon votes from the current government.
Now the Fund of Rinat Akhmetov “Help” distributed in Donetsk and Makeyevka, the most densely populated urban conglomerate DNR, more than 8 million monthly food rations. From August 2015, the Fund has expanded the list of people entitled to assistance by including a list of all the pensioners older than 60 years. That is, almost all consistently voting citizens.
About the same time began squeezing Akhmetov and his charity from the information field of the DNI. From October 2015, any mention of their activities is prohibited.
However, the original beneficiaries of the Fund over half a million people, but at the expense of humanitarian aid Akhmetov live entire neighborhoods. In the case of any competitive elections in the Donbass, Akhmetov’s influence on them will be very significant.
Serious authority in the breakaway republics are former mayor of Donetsk Alexander Lukyanchenko and Volodymyr Rybak. Them entry in the DNI now also prohibited.
Under certain conditions, to participate in the presidential election and the former people’s Deputy from Party of regions Mykola Levchenko. He now lives in Moscow, and his face became familiar to the political shows on Federal channels. In Kyiv Levchenko wanted on article for separatism, which did not prevent him to get into the “forbidden list” Zakharchenko.
But, as with one voice according to sources in Moscow, Kiev and Donetsk, local elections in Minsk format in the current year can be expected. That does not preclude the continuation of political and business battles in the breakaway republics.
