Why are we fighting, what do we want to see next, what kind of future are we building? [...] These were ideas of freedom, conscience, justice, equality. These are the things I have on my heart right now, the things I think about, and I think these ideas are shared by the majority of our fellow citizens.
Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko (26 June 1976 – 31 August 2018) was a Ukrainian separatist leader who was the head of state and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed state and rebel group which declared independence from Ukraine on 11 May 2014. Zakharchenko was killed in 2018 when a bomb exploded in a café that he frequently visited.
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Native Name:
Олександр Володимирович Захарченко
Alternative Names:
Alexander Zakharchenko
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Batya
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Oleksandr Zakharchenko
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Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zakharchenko
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Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko
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Парад в честь Дня Победы в Донецке: репортаж ЕADaily, 9 May 2016
[Talking about the War in Donbass] Unfortunately, today the world, saved at the cost of millions of lives, is once again being invaded by Nazis. In neighbouring Ukraine, elderly Nazi collaborators and their heirs are marching through towns and villages. The great Victory Banner, which proudly flew over the Reichstag, is banned. We will not allow it in our country; we will always remember and cherish the truth about the great victory. And we must convey this truth to our children and grandchildren.
Захарченко: Возвращение Крыма России — начало возрождения СССР, 24 April 2015
The USSR is the country in which we grew up, in which we lived, in which most of us were happy. [...] It is what we all came from. It is love for the Motherland, it is respect for the army, it is upbringing, it is care for the elderly, for children. [...] It is free medicine, free education - the best in the world. America and Europe used our methods and formed their teaching methods from our experience.