Pro-Russian Separatist Leader Survives Assassination Attempt in Ukraine

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Pro-Russian Separatist Leader Survives Assassination Attempt in Ukraine
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The pro-Russian self-proclaimed gover**r of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday, his press ****** says.

Valery Bolotov, who calls himself the "Luhansk People's Gover**r," was shot by unidentified assailants using automatic ******* (http://lenta.ru/news/2014/05/13/bolotov/) while he traveled in a car, a spokesperson for the pro-Russian separatist group says (http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/13/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/).

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"He has a gunshot wound," Luhansk People's Republic spokesperson Vasily Nikitin tells (http://en.itar-tass.com/world/731408) Russian state media. "Bolotov is in [the] hospital **w; his life is **t in danger," the spokesperson said, hinting to Interfax that the hit was ordered by the authorities in Kiev. However, this is unconfirmed. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/ukraine-luhansk-assassination-valery-bolotov/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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