Donetsk Rebels and Russian Intelligence
Wow, the Donetsk People's Republic sure has allot of Russian citizens from Russia at the top instead of local Ukrainians. Nevertheless, even if the shootdown was entirely the work of Donetsk locals, self-styled Cossacks with an itchy trigger finger and an excess of vodka, it bears noting that the pseudo-state there is in fact under the tight control of the Kremlin, in particular of its powerful intelligence agencies, what the Russians call the "special services." The premier of the "Donetsk People's Republic" (DNR) is Aleksandr Boroday, a Russian citizen who, Pravda reported back in 2002, is a member of the special services, specifically the powerful Federal Security Service (FSB).* Boroday was appointed an FSB major-general at the tender age of thirty-five. In the FSB, Boroday worked in the sensitive "political field" and has been tied to Russian nationalist causes. Right now he is busy keeping investigators away from the MH17 crash site.