Law enforcement
agencies of the Donetsk republic have already detained several suspects.
MOSCOW, September 3.
/TASS/. Russia will help the authorities of the self-proclaimed unrecognized
Donetsk People’s Republic [DPR] in investigating the assassination of the DPR
Prime Minister, Alexander Zakharchenko, Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg
Syromolotov told reporters on Monday.
"Yes, certainly,
the Russian government made public its official position on the issue," he
said. "We’ll help with investigation of the crime."
Zakharchenko, who
stood at the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic as of 2014, died on August
31 when an explosion ripped through a cafe in downtown Donetsk. His bodyguard
died together with him.
The same explosion
wounded the DPR tax and duties minister, Alexander Timofeyev.
In all, twelve people
got wounded.
Law enforcement
agencies of the Donetsk republic detained several people suspected of
involvement in the assassination who said the authorities in Kiev had played a
leading role in this crime.
On the face of it,
Ukraine’s state security service SBU refuted any involvement in the incident on
its part.
The DPR convened an
emergency meeting of the territorial self-defense committee immediately. It
appointed Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Trapeznikov to perform the duties of
Acting Head of the Republic.
Source: ITAR-TASS
04-09-2018
