Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bolotov ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi babban sajan ne na Sojojin Soviet Airborne a Vitebsk, (mai yiwuwa 103rd Guards Airborne Division) kuma tsakanin 1989 da 1990 ya halarci rikice-rikice da yawa, gami da waɗanda ke Tbilisi
, Yerevan da Karabakh. Daga baya ya zama shugaban kungiyar tsoffin sojin sama, yayin da babu wani daga cikin rukunin kungiyar Luhansk Oblast da zai iya tabbatar da hakan. Bolotov ya yi aure kuma yana da 'ya'ya biyu.