Valery Dmitrievitch Bolotov (Russian: ????´??? ???´??????? ??´?????, IPA: [v?'l?er??j 'dm?itr??j?v??t? 'bol?t?f], Ukrainian: ????´??? ???´?????? ??´?????; 13 February 1970 – 27 January 2017) was a Ukrainian militant leader known for his involvement in the Donbass War in eastern Ukraine, and as the leader of the unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic.