Oleg Kalashnikov ( uk, Оле́г Іва́нович Кала́шніков; 6 November 1962 – 15 April 2015) was a Ukrainian politician, born in

Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. He was a member of the

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

of Ukraine of V convocation. On 15 April 2015 he was shot to death at his home in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

. On 16 April Ukrainian journalist

Oles Buzina Oles Alekseevich Buzina ( ua, Оле́сь Олексі́йович Бузина́, translit=Oles Oleksiyovych Buzyna; 13 July 1969 – 16 April 2015) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian journalist and writer known for his criticism of Ukrainian politi ...

was shot to death in Kyiv as well. A Ukrainian nationalist group calling itself

Ukrainian Insurgent Army The Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( uk, Українська повстанська армія, УПА, translit=Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and later partisan formation. During World ...

allegedly claimed responsibility for these and other murders in an email containing "grammatical mistakes not typical for a native Ukrainian speaker". The authenticity of the claim was questioned by the Ukrainian government as well as the very existence of the named group.

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Personal website

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