Vladislav Surkov said
that "it is a great honor to be Zakharchenko's friend".
DONETSK, September 2.
/TASS/. The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed unrecognized Donetsk People’s
Republic [DPR], Alexander Zakharchenko, who died on Friday in a terrorist
explosion in Donetsk, was a tough guy and a real hero who selflessly devoted
himself to resolving the problems of rank-and-file people, President Vladimir
Putin’s aide Vladislav Surkov said in an address published on Sunday.
"On this
difficult day, I will tell you once again what I told you on your birthdays,
namely, that you a real tough guy, a real hero, and that it is a great honor to
be your friend," the address said.
"You are always
in a hurry, Sasha [the familiar first name from Alexander - TASS] - from your
office to the frontline, from the frontline to the miners, then to the farmers,
then to the opening of a school," Surkov said. "But could you do otherwise
when the problems, the solution of which people expected from you, were so
many?"
"It is too
early, but if there is no other way out, I will tell you what I always did:
bye, brother, and take care," he indicated.
Alexander
Zakharchenko died on Friday from an explosion in a downtown restaurant in
Donetsk. His bodyguard died, too.
Another twelve
persons, including the tax and duties minister of the DPR, Alexander Timofeyev,
were wounded.
Source: ITAR-TASS
02-09-2018
