Igor Kakidzyanov

Igor Yevgenyevich Kakidzyanov (Russian: Игорь Евгеньевич Какидзянов; born 25 July 1980) is a former Defense Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). He was Commander-in-Chief of Popular Army, until captured by pro-Ukrainian paramilitaries on 7 May 2014. After the exchange of prisoners, he returned to the DPR and was active in military and politics. In 2018, there was a bomb attack on him and his party, where three people were injured, including Kakidzyanov.

== Sanctions == Kakidzyanov was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian war.

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