Vladimir Antyufeev: the man who decides who can access the MH17 crash site

By Paul McGeough
Updated August 6 2014 - 10:13am, first published August 2 2014 - 10:00am
Australian investigators have visited the site. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Australian investigators have visited the site. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Lenin took it in the guts for the Donetsk People’s Republic, the prime minister is missing in action and his nominal deputy Vladimir Antyufeev, who is running the shop, tools around town in the care of four bodyguards who ooze the ‘don’t mess with me’ ethos of the revolution.