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Ukrainian politician (1962–2015) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oleh Ivanovych Kalashnikov (Ukrainian: Оле́г Іва́нович Кала́шніков; 6 November 1962 – 15 April 2015) was a Ukrainian politician, born in Rivne, Ukrainian SSR. He was a member of the Party of Regions, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of V convocation. On 15 April 2015 he was shot to death at his home in Kyiv.[1][2] On 16 April Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina was shot to death in Kyiv as well.
A Ukrainian nationalist group calling itself Ukrainian Insurgent Army allegedly claimed responsibility for these and other murders in an email containing "grammatical mistakes not typical for a native Ukrainian speaker".[3] The authenticity of the claim was questioned by the Ukrainian government as well as the very existence of the named group.[3]
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Oleg Kalashnikov | |
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Олег Калашніков | |
Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
In office 25 May 2006 – 23 November 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Oleh Ivanovych Kalashnikov 6 November 1962 Rivne, Ukraine, Soviet Union |
Died | 14 April 2015 52) Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged
Political party | Party of Regions |
On July 12, 2006, a group of individuals from the Party of Regions, including Oleh Kalashnikov, obstructed the work of an STB television crew near the Verkhovna Rada. The group forcibly took away a tape from the STB crew, and the journalists were physically assaulted.[4] Two days later, on July 14, the Prosecutor's Office of the Pecherskyi District of Kyiv initiated a criminal case on the grounds of obstruction of journalists' legitimate professional activities.[5] As a response to the incident, the Verkhovna Rada established a Temporary Investigation Commission to examine the situation.[6] On December 19, 2006, the Temporary Investigation Commission released a report, in which it condemned Kalashnikov's behavior as unacceptable.[7]
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