10 Facts About Valery Bolotov

Valery Dmitrievitch Bolotov was a Ukrainian pro-Russia militant.

Valery Bolotov claimed to be a senior sergeant of the Soviet Airborne Troops in Vitebsk, and between 1989 and 1990 participated in a number of conflicts, including those in Tbilisi, Yerevan and Karabakh.

Valery Bolotov later became the head of the airborne veterans group, while no one of the Luhansk Oblast group cell can confirm it.

Valery Bolotov worked as a manager and director at a meat factory and used to run a small business.

In 2014, Valery Bolotov became a leader of an armed group during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine.

On May 13,2014, Valery Bolotov survived an assassination attempt as assailants fired automatic weapons towards his car, wounding the militant leader.

However, armed supporters of the Luhansk People's Republic attacked the Ukrainian army checkpoint where Valery Bolotov was being held shortly afterwards and successfully freed the "People's Governor".

Valery Bolotov resigned from the position on 14 August 2014.

Valery Bolotov was found dead on 27 January 2017 in his own home in Moscow, Russia.

Valery Bolotov's corpse was later tested for the presence of the poisoning drugs in his body at the request of his wife, but as of 2018, the results are unknown.