Exiled Russian politician shot dead in Ukraine

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2...n-ukraine.html

Denis Voronenkov, a former member of Russian parliament, was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman at the entrance of an upscale hotel in Kyiv, Ukrainian police say.


KYIV, UKRAINE—A former Russian lawmaker who became a vociferous critic of Moscow following his recent move to Ukraine was shot and killed in Kyiv Thursday, prompting another war of words between the two countries.

Denis Voronenkov, who testified to Ukrainian investigators and criticized Russian policies after his move to Kyiv last fall, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman near the entrance of an upscale hotel in the Ukrainian capital.

During the attack, Voronenkov’s bodyguard, who fired back, was wounded. Both were hospitalized but Ukrainian officials said the gunman, who they claimed was a Ukrainian citizen, later died from wounds in his chest and head.

Footage following the exchange of gunfire showed the three men lying on the sidewalk. Voronenkov’s bodyguard, a Ukrainian security services officer, was seen rolling on the ground and then being helped to an ambulance by paramedics.

The killing prompted an angry exchange between the two countries whose relations have soured badly in recent years following Russia’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine and the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Voronenkov’s killing was an “act of state terrorism” that “clearly shows the handwriting of Russian special services shown repeatedly in various European capitals in the past.”

Ukraine’s chief prosecutor, Yuriy Lutsenko, said Voronenkov was killed shortly before a meeting with another fugitive Russian lawmaker, Ilya Ponomaryov. Both men were scheduled to give testimony later in the day at Ukraine’s Military Prosecutor’s Office. The purpose of the testimony was not immediately clear.

Voronenkov, who had reportedly told journalists he feared for his life and was said to be under the protection of the Ukrainian security services, claimed he had to leave Russia because of persecution by Russian security agencies. He had been granted Ukrainian citizenship after renouncing his Russian status.

He has testified to Ukrainian investigators as part of their probe into the activities of the nation’s former Russia-friendly president, Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted by popular protests in February 2014.

After his move to Ukraine, Russian investigators filed fraud charges against Voronenkov in connection with his business activities. A Moscow court earlier this month sanctioned his arrest in absentia.

Prosecutor Lutsenko said investigators were looking into Voronenkov’s role in exposing a contraband ring in Russia which cost several senior security officers their jobs, and his testimony on Yanukovych, as possible motives for his killing.

Volodymyr Fesenko, a political analyst in Kyiv, said Voronenkov’s testimony was important to Ukraine because of his level of access in Russia. “He was a member of the parliamentary committee on national security,” said Fesenko, and he had access to “state secrets.”

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2...ison-cell.html

Russian space official facing embezzlement charges found dead in prison cell

MOSCOW—A top official of Russia’s space agency has been found dead in a prison where he was being held on charges of embezzlement.

A spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, Yulia Ivanova, told the state news agency RIA Novosti that the 11 other people in Vladimir Evdokimov’s cell were being questioned.

Investigators found two stab wounds on Evdokimov’s body, but no determination had been made of whether they were self-inflicted.

Evdokimov, 56, was the executive director for quality control at Roscosmos, the country’s spaceflight and research agency.

He was jailed in December on charges of embezzling 200 million rubles ($3.1 million) from the MiG aerospace company.

[timosman]

Zippy hard at work equating a political assassination with an embezzlement of a chump change. What's the relationship between these two?

[Swordsmyth]

Zippy hard at work equating a political assassination with an embezzlement of a chump change. What's the relationship between these two?

I think he is saying "Ruskies EVIL"

[phill4paul]

I think he is saying "Ruskies EVIL"

They do kinda act like the Clintons.

[Swordsmyth]

They do kinda act like the Clintons.

And most other governments throughout history, I do not believe them to be good, but some people are obsessed with sending us off to slay foreign dragons.

[Original_Intent]

I'm sure that any of us that weren't already on the black list, Zippy has made sure that we are now.

[Swordsmyth]

I'm sure that any of us that weren't already on the black list, Zippy has made sure that we are now.

Another star for our crowns.

[RonPaulMall]

Assassin identified as Ukrainian Ultra Nationalist who served in anti-Russian militia in the Donbass. Any bets on whether we will ever hear a peep about this story in the Western Press from this point forward? Think John McCain will apologize for publicly accusing Russia of the murder?

https://theduran.com/voronenkov-killer-national-guard/

[timosman]

Think John McCain will apologize for publicly accusing Russia of the murder?

What about Zippy? He never apologizes for anything. Even CPUd had to change his avatar at some point, but @Zippyjuan pretends to maintain a clean bill of health.

[silverhandorder]

Ukranian ministries are refusing to fake papers to help anti Russian forces to continue to blame Russians. They are afraid of change of power moving them into enemies column for new government that may be pro Russian. People on the ground say the killer worked for security services. His friends before news spoke well of him and said he worked in SSU(СБУ).

Edit: also he gave up Russian citizenship, I would say the stupidest thing you can do if you were afraid of assassination by Russian government.