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Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
« on: March 23, 2017, 07:11:47 pm »
Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
Ukrainian president says killing is act of Russian 'state terrorism'
Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 4 hours ago
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denis-voronenkov-putin-critic-russian-mp-shot-dead-ukraine-kiev-killed-a7645436.html


The covered body of Denis Voronenkov is seen outside a hotel in central Kiev Reuters

A former Russian MP has been shot and killed in the centre of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, in what the Ukrainian President described as an “act of state terrorism” by Russia.

Denis Voronenkov, who testified to Ukrainian investigators and criticised Moscow’s illegal annexation of Crimea, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman near the entrance of an upscale hotel.

The attacker also wounded Mr Voronenkov’s bodyguard, who fired back and wounded the gunman.

Both were hospitalised but Ukrainian media cited hospital doctors later in the day as saying the gunman had died.


Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov during a session at the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, 15 September, 2015 (Reuters)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the killing “clearly shows the handwriting of Russian special services shown repeatedly in various European capitals in the past”.

In a statement released by his spokesman, Svyatoslav Tsegolko, Mr Poroshenko described the victim as a key witness who gave testimony about “Russian aggression” to the Ukrainian authorities.

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Re: Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2017, 07:49:57 pm »
Putin critics get dead.
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Re: Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2017, 09:52:48 am »
Amazingly, I"m aware of who this fellow was, so this is a shock in that way. That it's another one of these killings is not.

A few of these incidences have gone on in Turkey, where exiles who fled Chechnya, Russia have been killed. In parts, Turkey must really be like the Wild West; and it must not be too difficult to enter there.

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Re: Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2017, 09:58:03 am »
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Why a Russian Defector Was Gunned Down in Ukraine

Kiev Police Chief Andrei Krishchenko said the murder was likely a contract killing
A former Russian parliamentarian who fled to Ukraine, then harshly criticized the Russian authorities, has been shot dead in Kiev.

Denis Voronenkov, previously a Communist Party lawmaker in the State Duma, was killed outside Kiev's Premier Palace hotel shortly after 11.00 a.m. March 23. Kiev Police Chief Andrei Krishchenko said the murder was likely a contract killing.

Voronenkov was reportedly leaving the hotel with his bodyguard when he was shot by an unknown assailant. The bodyguard returned fire and wounded the shooter, who later died in hospital. The bodyguard was also wounded in the shootout and remains in critical condition.

Continued: https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/why-a-russian-defector-was-gunned-down-in-ukraine-57520


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Re: Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2017, 04:39:03 pm »
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The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has confirmed the identity of the suspected gunman in the assassination in Kyiv on March 23 of a former Russian lawmaker who fled last year to Ukraine.

A ministry spokesman told RFE/RL that the man seen shooting ex-Duma Deputy Denis Voronenkov and a bodyguard in security-camera footage of the incident is 28-year-old, Crimean-born Ukrainian national Pavlo Parshov.

More: http://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-voronenkov-killing-suspect-announced/28389151.html
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Re: Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
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Re: Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2017, 09:54:45 pm »
I can't watch the video but this sounds like sad news
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Re: Former Russian MP shot dead in Kiev, Ukraine
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2017, 07:07:43 am »
A lot of Putin critics have been deaded recently
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