1. Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky was born on 25 June 1964 and is a former Ukrainian separatist leader who served as the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, in eastern Ukraine, from 14 August 2014 to 24 November 2017.
16 Facts About Igor Plotnitsky
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Igor Plotnitsky was born 26 June 1964 either in Luhansk or in the town of Kelmentsi, Chernivtsi Oblast.
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Igor Plotnitsky was born either in Luhansk or in the town of Kelmentsi to Venedikt and Nina Igor Plotnitsky.
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Igor Plotnitsky has a brother Mykhailo Plotnitsky who resides in Kyiv.
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Igor Plotnitsky graduated from a school in Kelmentsi and moved to Luhansk in 1982, when he joined the army and served in Penza where he graduated from the Penza Artillery and Engineer College.
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In 1991 Igor Plotnitsky retired from the Soviet Army as a major and moved to Luhansk.
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Igor Plotnitsky was a reserve officer of the Soviet Army and started to dedicate himself to business activities after the fall of Soviet Union.
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In 2018 Igor Plotnitsky was arrested and was in pre-trial detention in a Russian jail in St Petersburg on charges of embezzlement and abuse of power.
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Since 10 November 2014 Igor Plotnitsky has been wanted by the Security Service of Ukraine for his role in the LPR.
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Igor Plotnitsky challenged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to a duel in an open letter published on 19 November 2014 in which he proposed "Whoever wins will dictate their terms to the opposing side".
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Igor Plotnitsky himself did not issue a public statement on 24 November 2017.
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Igor Plotnitsky was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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On 6 August 2016 Igor Plotnitsky's car exploded, injuring its passengers including Igor Plotnitsky.
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On 7 August 2016 Igor Plotnitsky was said to be stable after hospital treatment.
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Dryomov pointed out that the regional administration of Luhansk Oblast was being controlled by "people of Oleksandr Yefremov", while Igor Plotnitsky was promoted by another Ukrainian parliamentarian Natalia Korolevska.
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Igor Plotnitsky referred to President Petro Poroshenko as "Valtzman".