One of the founders of the DPR, Vladimir Makovich, died
One of the founders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Vladimir Makovich, has died in Donetsk, as was reported on his Facebook page by the former Deputy Foreign Minister of the DPR, Boris Borisov.
Interfax cited the head of the News Front agency, Konstantin Knyrik, in reporting that the cause of death was a heart attack.
In April 2014, Makovich read the declaration on the statehood of the independent republic. In July of the same year he served as a speaker of the Supreme Council of the Donetsk People's Republic, but later was detained. He was suspected of being involved in the death of the operator of Channel One, Anatoly Klyan.
At the end of January, the death of the first head of the LPR, Valery Bolotov, was also reported.