Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Толсты́х), better known by his callsign Givi (Ги́ви), is a commander in the pro-Russian separatist \"Somali Battalion\" (Russian: Батальон Сомали) in the War in Donbass. In an online interview, Givi claimed that he is from Ilovaisk and served in the Ukrainian Army from 1998 to 2000 before working at a sling rope factory. He is 35 as of October 2015; his civilian name is Mikhail Tolstykh. In an interview he stated that his great-grandfather was an ethnic Georgian.He joined the separatists in the early stages of the war and was involved in the Battle of Ilovaisk. Givi led separatists in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport. He received widespread fame in October 2014 when a video of him ignoring a rocket artillery strike landing near enough to him for shrapnel to fall at his feet was uploaded to YouTube and gained over 1,000,000 views.On February 16, 2015, Mikhail Tolstykh was included by the European Council in the sanctions list."@en }
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- Mikhail_Tolstykh abstract "Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Толсты́х), better known by his callsign Givi (Ги́ви), is a commander in the pro-Russian separatist \"Somali Battalion\" (Russian: Батальон Сомали) in the War in Donbass. In an online interview, Givi claimed that he is from Ilovaisk and served in the Ukrainian Army from 1998 to 2000 before working at a sling rope factory. He is 35 as of October 2015; his civilian name is Mikhail Tolstykh. In an interview he stated that his great-grandfather was an ethnic Georgian.He joined the separatists in the early stages of the war and was involved in the Battle of Ilovaisk. Givi led separatists in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport. He received widespread fame in October 2014 when a video of him ignoring a rocket artillery strike landing near enough to him for shrapnel to fall at his feet was uploaded to YouTube and gained over 1,000,000 views.On February 16, 2015, Mikhail Tolstykh was included by the European Council in the sanctions list.".