Alexander Borodai
Alexander Borodai | |
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Александр Бородай | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic | |
Assumed office 8 August 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Alexander Zakharchenko |
1st Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic [1] | |
In office 16 May 2014 – 7 August 2014 |
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Deputy | Andrei Purgin Vladimir Antyufeyev |
Preceded by | Inaugural |
Succeeded by | Alexander Zakharchenko |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | Russian |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Transnistria Donetsk People's Republic |
Battles/wars | War in Transnistria[2] 1993 Russian constitutional crisis War in Donbass |
Alexander Yurevich Borodai (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Борода́й; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈjʉrʲɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdaj], Ukrainian: Олександр Юрійович Бородай; born in Moscow, July 25, 1972)[3] is a former Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic that declared its independence from Ukraine on 12 May 2014.[4][5][6][7] He was appointed to the post by the republic's self-proclaimed Supreme Council on May 16, 2014.[8] Borodai, a Russian citizen, had earlier worked as a political adviser to Sergey Aksyonov, the prime minister of the Republic of Crimea.[7] On 7 August 2014 Borodai announced his resignation.[9] He was succeeded by Alexander Zakharchenko[9] whose self-appointed Deputy Prime Minister he became.[10]
In his interview to "Novaya Gazeta" Borodai acknowledged that he has known Igor Girkin since after the war in Transnistria.[2]
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Personal
Alexander Borodai lives in Moscow.[11] He is a son of Yury Borodai, a scholar in philosophy.[3]
Career and education
Borodai has a degree in philosophy from Moscow State University. In 1994 he worked for the RIA Novosti as a military correspondent during the First Chechen War. Since 1996 he works for the ru newspaper. Since 1998 he has worked as a "political technologist" specialising in elections. Since 2001 he has headed the consulting business "Sotsionaster" specializing in crisis management.[3] Borodai and the future military commander of the Donetsk People's Republic Igor Strelkov were close associates of the controversial Russian businessmen Konstantin Malofeev.[3][12]
According to Russian media, he was appointed as a deputy director of Russian FSB State Security in 2002 at the age of 35 [13] ,[14] when he held the rank of major general – Borodai dismissed this as a hoax. He currently has a consultancy in Moscow and worked at a major investment fund.[11]
Nationalism
In the 1990s he edited a Russian[15][16][17] newspaper[18] ru (Завтра -"Tomorrow"), run by journalist Alexander Prokhanov.
In December 2011, Borodai and Prokhanov co-founded the "patriotic" Web TV channel Den-TV (“Day”).[19][20] Den-TV's programming has regularly included Konstantin Dushenov, who has previously been imprisoned for anti-semitic incitement.[21]
Politics
Borodai refers to himself as "professional consultant" with expertise in ethnic conflict. “I have resolved all kinds of complicated conflict situations,” he told journalists.[11]
In 2002, according to the Moscow Times newspaper, he also dismissed reports that he had been appointed a deputy director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB)[13][14] as a hoax arranged for his 30th birthday.[11]
Crimea
Borodai worked as an advisor to appointed Crimea governor Sergei Aksyonov.[11] Borodai claims he worked as a “political strategist” during the annexation of Crimea by Russia, and states that the political forces that facilitated the takeover are the same as those active in the Donetsk Republic: "Naturally the people who set up these popular movements and were the initiators are the same people, they are connected to each other... So when I finished the work in Crimea I automatically... came here to work in southeast Ukraine.”[11]
Donetsk
Following the 2014 Donetsk status referendum; on 16 May 2014 Borodai was appointed Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic.[9][22]
On 28 July 2014 Borodai left Donetsk for Russia[23] and returned On 4 August.[10]
In a press conference in Donetsk on 7 August 2014 Borodai announced his resignation as Prime Minister.[9] In this press conference he stated “I came here as a crisis manager, a start-upper, if you want. I’ve managed to achieve a lot in the past several months, the DPR has been established as a state”.[9] As Prime Minister he was replaced by Alexander Zakharchenko.[9] Borodai (also) stated he would become Zakharchenko's Deputy Prime Minister.[10] He further stated in the 7 August 2014 press conference that he believed a "native Muscovite" like him should not lead the Donetsk People's Republic.[24]
References
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- ↑ (Russian) Boroday said that he is stepping down as prime minister DNR, RIA Novosti (7 August 2014)
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Succeeded by Alexander Zakharchenko |
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