Aleksander Borodai, newly elected Russian MP from the ruling United Russia party, has stated that the fighters of the parts of Donetsk region not under the control of the government were “Russian forces”. Borodai has every reason to know as he was one of the separatists leaders from its creation, the so-called ‘prime minister’ of the pseudo-authorities in Donetsk Oblast. He has also confirmed that he and others left Donbas in early August 2014 for propaganda reasons since it looked bad that they were all from Russia. While he does not mention MH17, the urgent change in leadership came just two weeks after a Russian BUK missile, transported to Donbas from a military base in Russia, downed the Malaysian passenger airliner over occupied Donbas on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board.
