The so-called "People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic" adopted "a decree on early termination of the powers of the Head of the DNR Alexander Zakharchenko in connection with his death".
Denis Pushilin, who calls himself "Speaker of the Parliament", was appointed as acting head of the unrecognized "republic".
Before the war in Donbass, he was the curator of the local branch of the financial pyramid MMM.