Vice: after a series of murders, the authorities in Kiev should fear for the future

A series of murders and suicides of commissioners of the Ukrainian opposition extremely suspicious and further undermines the credibility of the Kiev authorities, writes the American magazine.

last week at their homes, were shot and killed journalist Oles Buzina and ex-Deputy of the Party of regions Oleg Kalashnikov. In March died from a gunshot injury to the health of another ex-member of the Party of regions, ex - Governor of Zaporozhye region Alexander Peklushenko. In addition, committed suicide former people's deputies of Rada from Party of regions Mikhail Chechetov and Stanislav Melnik.

The secrecy surrounding the proceedings of these deaths have made even more obvious contradictions in the country, and provoked a deepening of the split in Ukrainian society, where just over half of Residents support the Maidan ", a leading journal of opinion political analyst, Professor of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy Mykhailo Minakov.

A series of murders in Ukraine, regardless of who committed them, is cause for concern, as "a political assault that occurred in the Ukraine not So long ago, extremely anxious and only increases the vulnerability of the new government," writes Vice quoting the words of a senior scientific associate of the Carnegie endowment Floor Stronski.

in addition, the reaction of the Kiev bureaucrats on the death of opposition is extremely ambiguous. So, Advisor to the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs, the people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko in March said that the suicide of former members of the Party of regions are " positive ", according to his statement, " finally in Ukraine began to show the principle of inevitability of retribution.

However, not all even tough-minded politicians divide positive relation to the death of the opposition. Zam. the head of the largest in the Ukrainian Parliament faction "Block of Petro Poroshenko" Mustafa Nayem said that he doesn't like killing, even "the most obnoxious and hated" him, and that he despises even more of those who murder and death of pleasure. People's the people's Deputy, member of the parliamentary faction of the Opposition bloc Nestor Shufrich said that " the current heads of the country, we should not forget that in the history of mankind political terror, in the end, turned against those who would go along with it ", stresses the magazine.

However, experts believe that the wave of political violence in Ukraine may withdraw from the observation. For example, Mikhail Minakov believes that the murder Olesya Elder because of his popularity among the Residents that do not support the Maidan, could " trigger a chain reaction that will lead to more tragedies in the peaceful regions of Ukraine ", reported in the publication.


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