Pavel Yuryevich Gubarev is a Ukrainian-born Russian political figure and soldier who proclaimed himself the "People's Governor" of the Donetsk Region at the Regional Assembly on 3 March 2014, after separatists seized the building.
15 Facts About Pavel Gubarev
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On 7 May 2014, Pavel Gubarev was freed in exchange for SBU officers detained earlier by the Donbas People's Militia.
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Pavel Gubarev gained a degree in history from the Donetsk National University, and later became an employee of a Donetsk advertising agency.
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Pavel Gubarev was a member of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, a pro-Russian party based in the southeast of the country.
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In earlier years Pavel Gubarev was a member of the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity paramilitary group, that later took part in the War in Donbas on the side of pro-Russian forces.
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Pavel Gubarev has publicly given thanks to this group for providing him with military training.
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On 3 March 2014, Pavel Gubarev led pro-Russian protesters who blockaded and occupied the Donetsk Regional State Administration building.
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Pavel Gubarev was later charged with wanting to damage "the territorial integrity and independence of the state".
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In October 2014, during a failed assassination attempt on him, Pavel Gubarev lost control of his car when it came under gunfire and suffered a head injury.
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Pavel Gubarev later regained consciousness and was moved from intensive care to the ordinary ward of the hospital.
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Pavel Gubarev was excluded by the election commission from participating in the 2014 Donbas parliamentary elections "because his party was not able to hold a founding conference".
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Early February 2016 Pavel Gubarev was appointed Yasynuvata Raion mayor by the Donetsk People's Republic.
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In September 2018, Pavel Gubarev went to Moscow and obtained permission to be a candidate for the post of head of the Donetsk People's Republic.
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Pavel Gubarev's candidacy displeased Denis Pushilin, who has taken over as head of the Donetsk People's Republic, and pressure has been put on Pavel Gubarev.
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In 2022, Pavel Gubarev signed a short-term contract with the Russian Armed Forces, as a private, in order to participate in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.