Before that, he had spent years in the Soviet military where he took part in "special operations," though he won't say where. After armed men overran Slovyansk, Mr. Ponomaryov says they ordered him to take charge of the city administration.
Mr. Ponomaryov has surrounded himself with veterans of Soviet and Russian wars in Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Transdnestria, and elsewhere. Then, there is Stella Khorosheva, the mayor's assistant, who had spent the past decade in Italy working as a home aide to elderly people, one of whom she married. She was about to apply for Italian citizenship, when Russia annexed Crimea, giving her great joy. She borrowed money and returned to her native Slovyansk to agitate for separatism and rail against the West. Här artikeln.
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