Pavel Sheremet, a well-known Belarusian journalist who had spent the past five years in Ukraine, was killed when the car he was driving exploded in central Kiev Wednesday morning.
An official with Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, Anton Gerashchenko, said in a statement on Facebook that the explosion was caused by a “car bomb.” He said the incident was a “cynical and well-premeditated murder.”
Gerashchenko said Ukrainian authorities will launch an investigation into the reporter’s death and said Russian involvement could not be excluded.
“The killers must be found and punished,” Gerashchenko said.
Sheremet has been critical of authorities in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine in his …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
