The coup succeeded in the Russian-occupied Luhansk, a provincial capital in the east-Ukrainian region of the Donbas. Head of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”), Igor Plotnitsky fled to Russia. A secret service leader became an acting head of the Russian-run puppet statelet. Was the coup merely an internal power struggle among the separatist chieftains?
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Yuri Zoria: A real junta and more Russian FSB control after the coup in occupied Luhansk
An armoured vehicle is seen next to government buildings in eastern Ukraine's separatist-held Luhansk on Nov. 23.
