The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko ordered the military counterintelligence and military Prosecutor’s office to investigate the murder of former state Duma Deputy Denis Boronenkov and Russian journalist Pavel Sheremet, as well as the incident in Kharkiv region , a fire at the ammunition. According to the Ukrainian leader, to solve these crimes – “a matter of honor” for the security forces. Against this backdrop, the SBU said that the murder Boronenkov and fire at Kharkov interrelated and supposedly are part of the same plan of Russia.
Poroshenko ordered to investigate at the training base of the center of special operations “alpha” in the Kiev region, reports TASS. “The case of the military counterintelligence together with the military Prosecutor to open the case Boronenkov, Sheremet and yesterday’s sabotage in Kharkiv”, – said the President of Ukraine.
– As a result of explosions at munitions depots in Kharkov killed a woman, injured another
According to him, the disclosure of these incidents should become “a matter of honor” for Ukrainian security forces, reports RIA “Novosti”. “A matter of honor for all law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and the service (security of Ukraine, security service of Ukraine. – Approx. NEWSru.com) needs to put its shoulder to help solve the killing yesterday when near “Premier Palace” was killed former Deputy of the state Duma of Russia, the main witness in the case (the former President of Ukraine Victor. – Approx. NEWSru.com) Yanukovych,” Poroshenko said during his visit on the 25-th anniversary of creation of security service of Ukraine.
Also a matter of honor for law enforcers Poroshenko called the murder Sheremet and fire at an ammunition depot in Balakleya in Kharkiv region.
Meanwhile, the security Service of Ukraine said that the fire at the ammunition depot in Balakliya and murder Boronenkov linked, reports UNIAN. “These events that have occurred in the Kharkiv region and the murder of the former Deputy of the state Duma of Russia, subject to the plan (Russian aggression. – Approx. NEWSru.com), and, unfortunately, is interconnected,” – said Advisor to the Chairman of the SBU Yuriy Tandit.
On the eve Poroshenko called the killing of Boronenkov “an act of state terrorism by Russia”. The Ukrainian leader tied the shootout in the capital with events in the Kharkiv region, where in the warehouse exploded munitions. In his opinion, these incidents happened in one day is no coincidence.
Political observers of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine noted that “for the second time in just one year in Kiev, killed a man granted asylum in Ukraine because of the conflict with the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin.” “As recently as in July his car was blown up by a journalist Pavel Sheremet, which is the same as Voronenkov, criticized the Russian authorities” – reminiscent of the journalists in the article, translated by InoPressa.
It is worth noting that in the first interview after moving to Ukraine, which Denis Boronenkov gave banned in Russia edition “Цензор.net” ex-lawmaker asked about the killings in Kiev Sheremet. “The circumstances suggest that he could become a victim of the Russian special services. Aren’t you afraid that you are now a potential target for Russian terrorists and you can arrange a hunt?” asked ex-MP and journalist. He said, “you can’t underestimate any risks. But I am also a trained person. And there is a risk. But the risk is in Kiev for me is not higher than in Moscow. I am willing to take risks.”
The afternoon of March 24 the adviser to the interior Minister of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko said that the killer Boronenkov was a native of Sebastopol, born in 1988 Paul Parsowallegedly recruited in 2015 by the Russian intelligence services, infiltrated the ranks of the national guard and then received from the RF command to eliminate former MP.
While the media called the name of the killer yet. The edition “Observer” published a screenshot from the website of the Ukrainian interior Ministry, where the man with the name Paul Parsow listed as a wanted accused under articles 205 and 209 of the criminal code of Ukraine. Moreover, according to the profile, he was born in 1988 in Dnepropetrovsk (now called the Dnieper).
On the eve of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko has said that investigators have two versions of the murder Boronenkov, reported “Interfax”. On one of them, ex-Deputy could have been killed as a witness in the case of Yanukovych, on the other hand as the witness of smuggling in the structure of FSB of the Russian Federation. According to Lutsenko, on the day of the murder Boronenkov, together with ex-Deputy of the state Duma Ilya Ponomarev was supposed to give evidence to the military Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko.
Earlier Boronenkov already gave the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s office evidence in the case of Yanukovych. In February, Lutsenko said that given the ex-Deputy of the state Duma of the Russian Federation the information was very useful.
Former state Duma Deputy from the Communist Denis Boronenkov was shot on the morning of March 23 in the center of Kiev on Pushkinskaya street near the hotel “Premier Palace”. Security guard ex-the Deputy shot the attacker, but he is also injured. Both were hospitalized. Later on, the killer died, without regaining consciousness.
According to the Ukrainian police, the murder is ordered. Upon a crime criminal case on h. 2. article 115 UK of Ukraine (“Premeditated murder”).
Pavel Sheremet was killed on the morning of 20 July 2016 as a result of blasting in the center of Kiev of the car on which he was riding. The car belonged to the civil wife of the journalist Alena Pritula, but herself at the moment of explosion it was not. According to militiamen, the car had laid an improvised explosive device with capacity of up to 600 grams in a trotyl equivalent, presumably with a remote control. The Prosecutor’s office qualified the incident as a premeditated murder.
In early February of 2017, the head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that the Ukrainian security forces of the Russian citizens suspected of involvement in the murder Sheremet. According to him, the investigation recorded in the area of work and residence, as well as the murder of journalist telephone connections Russian subscribers, which is believed to investigators, arrived in Kiev for the Congress, “one of the non-traditional churches.” This Avakov said that does not exclude the version of a registered political assassination, the order for which came from Russia.