1. Aleksey Borisovich Mozgovoy was a commander of the Russian-installed separatist Luhansk People's Republic in Ukraine.
14 Facts About Aleksey Mozgovoy
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Aleksey Mozgovoy was the leader of the pro-Russian Prizrak Brigade.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy was assassinated in Donbas, with multiple theories about who was responsible circulating initially, ultimately witness statements pointing at Russian forces.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy grew up in Svatove township where he participated in a local choir, the Svatove Cossacks.
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Just before the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, Aleksey Mozgovoy was a guest worker employed as a cook in Saint Petersburg.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy was allied with Igor Girkin, the Donetsk People's Republic minister for defense.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy was known for infighting with other Luhansk People's Republic rebels.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy had contact with the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and the leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy was killed in an ambush of his motorcade on the road between Luhansk and Alchevsk, near the village of Mykhailivka, Perevalsk Raion, on Saturday, May 23,2015.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy had survived a similar assassination attempt in the same area two months before.
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Aleksey Mozgovoy was said to be dismissive of threats to his life.
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Anton Gerashchenko, the adviser to the Ukrainian minister for internal affairs, said Aleksey Mozgovoy had been assassinated by Russian GRU special forces.
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On May 23,2016, a statue of Aleksey Mozgovoy was erected in Alchevsk, in the LPR.
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In 2018 Igor Girkin revealed that Mozgovoy was killed by Russians on orders from Igor Plotnitsky but withheld any further details, in 2023 he openly stated that the assassination was conducted by "Wagner" group on orders from Vladimir Alekseyev first deputy head of GRU.