Former so-called ‘Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic’, as such responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’ (e.g. on 8 July 2014 stated ‘our military is conducting a special operation against the Ukrainian “fascists”’), signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Novorossiya union’.
Soi-disant «vice-premier ministre du Conseil des ministres de la République populaire de Lougansk» (auparavant soi-disant «Premier ministre» de la «République populaire de Lougansk», et ancien porte-parole de «l'Armée du Sud-Est»).