Yuriy Barbashov
Юрий Владиславович Барбашов
Юрій Владиславович Барбашов
Personal details
Born (1975-03-21) 21 March 1975
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Ukraine
 Russia
 Donetsk People's Republic,
 Luhansk People's Republic

Yuriy Vladislavovych Barbashov (Ukrainian: Юрій Владиславович Барбашов, Russian: Юрий Владиславович Барбашов) is a Ukrainian politician and nominal head of the collaborationist Russian Mykolaiv Military civilian administration.

Biography

Yuriy Barbashov was born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. In 1998, he graduated from the Admiral Makarov University of Shipbuilding in Mykolaiv. Since 2013, he has been involved with Anti-Maidan movements and protests as well as supporting the Novorossiya project. In 2014, he moved to the Luhansk People's Republic, where he participated in rallies with Oleg Tsarov, and later to the Donetsk People's Republic. In the latter, he joined the Militsiya and also became an employee of the public broadcaster. In 2021, he participated in peace negotiations in Minsk as part of the LPR delegation. He has appeared many times in the Russian media,[1] he also ran his own channel on Telegram and a YouTube channel with the same name, mainly presenting pro-Russian views to the audience.[2][3] Since 2017, Ukraine is investigating him in a terrorist case.[1][4]

2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Yuriy Barbashov supported a lot of edro-Russian activity in the Mykolaiv Oblast. He created a website where he displayed pro-Russian propaganda, which was later hacked and shut down by Ukrainian hackers.[5] After Russian forces failed to occupy Mykolaiv Oblast, the Mykolaiv Military Civilian Administration was created with its headquarters being in Snihurivka. Barbashov helped Russian forces capture small villages near Snihurivka and was appointed as governor of the Mykolaiv MCA. His administration was preparing a referendum to join Russia.[6][7] On 11 September, following a major Ukrainian counteroffensive, it was announced that the proposed annexation referendum would be "indefinitely" postponed.[8][9] On 11 November Ukrainian forces regained control of almost all of Mykolaiv Oblast with only the Kinburn Peninsula remaining under Russian occupation.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Russian occupiers appointed Yuri Barbashov, a drug addict and "official" of the "LPR", as Gauleiter of Snigirevka in the Nikolaev region - Top New Stories". 2022-08-16. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  2. ↑ nikcenter.org. "Русский мир онлайн: кто и для чего создал оккупационные каналы на юге Украины". nikcenter.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. ↑ "Юрий Барбашов - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  4. ↑ ""Громадського експерта «ЛНР" з мінських перемовин судять у Сватівському суді". Медійна ініціатива за права людини (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  5. ↑ nikcenter.org. "Русский мир онлайн: кто и для чего создал оккупационные каналы на юге Украины". nikcenter.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  6. ↑ Середа, Катерина. "Сепаратиста-наркомана из Николаева россияне назначили "руководителем" Снегиревки". Никвести. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  7. ↑ "Боевики ВСУ ударили артиллерией по детской площадке в Снигирёвке в Николаевской области". NVL (in Russian). 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  8. ↑ "Война России против Украины. В результате нового обстрела Харьков опять обесточен; из Луганской области бегут тысячи человек - Новости на русском языке".
  9. ↑ "Кремль "поставил на стоп" референдумы о "присоединении" оккупированных территорий к России, утверждают источники "Медузы" Их "отложили на неопределенный срок" из-за успешного украинского контрнаступления".
  10. ↑ "Ukraine liberates all of Mykolaiv Oblast, Zelenskyy admin considers slashing ministries".
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/TpyxaNews/status/1591034997183746049
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