A former Russian parliamentarian who fled to Ukraine and harshly criticized the Russian authorities has been murdered in Kyiv.
Former Communist parliamenarian Denis Voronenkov, was one of two men killed outside Kyiv’s Premier Palace hotel March 23, according to the Vesti Ukraine news website.
Kyiv Police Chief Andrei Krishchenko is reported as saying that the murder was likely a contract killing.
Voronenkov served in the State Duma until October 2016 when he lost his seat in parliamentary elections. Having lost parliamentary immunity, he fled a corruption investigation with his wife, former United Russia lawmaker Maria Maksakova. In December 2016, Voronenkov was granted …read more
Source: EU Today
