viktor alksnis transplanted a large number of the baltic omon forces to the transnistrian territory of moldova in support of the separatist regime there, where vladimir antyufeyev, commander of the riga omon forces, took on the role of minister of security initially under an assumed name (vladimir shevstov), a post he held until 2012. antyufeyev appeared in ukraine as the "deputy prime minister" of the russian-backed donetsk people's republic in july 2014.