He has links to Ihor Strielkov under which command he was involved in the murder of Peoples' Deputy of the Horlivka's Municipal Council Volodymyr Rybak according to the SBU.
Il est lié à Ihor Strielkov, sous les ordres duquel il a participé, selon le Bureau de sécurité de la Crimée, à l'assassinat de Volodymyr Rybak, membre du conseil municipal de Horlivka.