Completely discredited by Russia.
And this...
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However, despite this early promninence, Gubarev was soon sidelined by other separatist leaders and then banned from taking part in the 2014 Donbas parliamentary elections, which eliminated the post of “People’s Governor”.[3][3]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Gubarev
“Completely discredited by Russia.”
Citation please.