Strelkov said that the leader of the Gorlovka separatists Igor Bezler resigned and is "on the peninsula"

Former leader of the Donetsk separatists, Russian Igor Strelkov (real name Girkin), said the resignation of the commander of the separatists in the city of Gorlovka Igor Bezler (call sign "Bes"), the Rain television channel with reference to the Russian Spring separatists website.

As noted in the message, in this way Strelkov confirmed the emerging rumors about the departure of the Major General of the DPR. "I confirm the resignation of Bezler," he said.

According to him, now Bezler is "in stock, on the peninsula."

Bezler’s departure confirms with reference to his assistant Life News . The assistant did not name the reason for the departure, but noted that he did not want to "go into politics."

Igor Bezler was born in 1965 in Simferopol. He studied at the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy. A few years ago he was fired in the reserve from the Armed Forces of Russia with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

After the change of power in Ukraine, he left for Crimea, and then returned to Gorlovka. According to Ukrainian special services, Bezler led the seizures of administrative buildings during protests of pro -Russian activists.

The Security Service of Ukraine called Bezler "Russian saboteur."

The day before it was reported that the Prosecutor General of Ukraine agreed on a notification of suspicion to Igor Girkin and Igor Bezler in the deliberate murder of Ukrainian activists.

Recall that since mid -August, Strelkov himself has been on vacation . The former separatist leader went from Donbass to Moscow, and after that, Russian television channels “forgot” him. From the schedule of Strelkov’s mention on the main channels, for example, on Channel One, Russia, TVC, NTV, fifth channel, REN TV, it follows that from August 18, Girkin became “Persona Non Grat” - there was not a single message about him. We add that at a press conference organized by Rifleov, microphones of the TV channels "Russia", NTV, Lifenews, REN TV were visible.