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Former Ukrainian Lawmaker Murdered in Kiev: Interior Ministry


KIEV (Reuters) – Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of parliament for ex-president Viktor Yanukovich’s discredited Party of Regions, was found shot dead in Kiev on Wednesday, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Senior ministry official Anton Gerashchenko said Kalashnikov, 52, had knowledge of the “Anti-Maidan” movement, which opposed pro-Western protests that ousted Yanukovich in 2014, suggesting this might be a motive for his alleged murder.
The ministry had opened up a criminal case, he said.
“Without doubt the deceased knew a lot about who financed Anti-Maidan and in what way … He takes these secrets with him to the grave,” Gerashchenko …read more

Source: Newsweek

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