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Oleksandr Ivanovych Muzychko
Born(1962-07-19)19 July 1962
Kizel, Perm Oblast, Russia
Died24 March 2014(2014-03-24) (aged 51)
Cafe near Rivne, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine
NationalityUkranian
Other namesSashko Bily
OccupationPolitical activist
Known forCoordinator of Right Sector in Western Ukraine

Oleksandr Ivanovych Muzychko (Ukrainian: Олександр Іванович Музичко, 19 September 1962 – 24 March 2014[1]Template:Source needs translation[2]Template:Source needs translation), nicknamed Sashko Bily (Сашко Білий), was a Ukrainian political activist, a member of UNA-UNSO and coordinator of Right Sector in Western Ukraine.[3]Template:Source needs translation Russian prosecutors claimed he killed "at least 20" Russian soldiers during the First Chechen War.[4]

During the First Chechen War he led the UNA-UNSO "Viking" group. In 1995 Muzychko was convicted in causing a heavy bodily harm to an individual. In 1997 he attempted to kill one of the UNA-UNSO members in Kiev.[citation needed] In 2003 Muzychko was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for racketeering and kidnapping. In 2009 he was accused in a hostile corporate raid. In 2012 he ran for the national parliament in the 153rd electoral district (Rivne) placing sixth.

External videos
video icon Muzychko and the Rivne prosecutor

On 27 February 2014, Muzychko attacked the Prosecutor of the Rivne Oblast in his office and threatened to "slay as a dog" the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov.[5] On 28 February 2014, criminal proceedings were opened against him.[6][7]

Muzychko vowed to fight “communists, Jews and Russians for as long as blood flows in my veins”, and was accused of forcing members of the regional parliament of Rivne to hold a session at gunpoint on 25 February 2014 after he brandished a Kalashnikov assault rifle.[8]

On 7 March 2014, ITAR-TASS reported that he is wanted by Russian authorities for war atrocities.[9] On 11 March 2014, the Russian State Duma deputy ru urged Russian special services to "follow Mossad examples" and assassinate leaders of Right sector Dmytro Yarosh and Oleksandr Muzychko.[10]Template:Source needs translation

Death

On 24 March 2014 Oleksandr Muzychko was shot dead. There are conflicting stories about how this happened.[11]

According to Ukrainian MP Oles Doniy[11], a group of unknown armed people arrived on three Volkswagen minivans and kidnapped Muzychko and five other people from a cafe near Rivne. They murdered Muzychko behind the cafe by two gunshots to the heart.[12]Template:Source needs translation[2][13]Template:Source needs translation In another telling of Doniy's account, a group of attackers forced Muzychko to stop his car, pulled him from it, handcuffed him and shot him.[14][15]

According to the interior ministry of Ukraine, Muzychko died in a shoot-out with police in a cafe in Rivne. According to the ministry, the police raided the cafe to arrest Muzychko, but he opened fire while he tried to flee. He was shot when the police returned fire. The police were able to capture him and three others, but by the time the paramedics had arrived at the scene, he had died.[11][16]

On 25 March, police stated that Muzychko had shot himself.[17]

Reacting to news of the shooting, Dmytro Yarosh, leader of the Right Sector, called for the resignation of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and the arrest of the police who had come for Muzychko.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Вбито Сашка Білого (Музичко)". Преса України. 25 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Сашко Билый убит?". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 25 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Координатор «Правого сектору» у Західній Україні – Олександр Музичко". zik.ua. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  4. ^ Ukrainian police kill far-right leader Oleksandr Muzytchko, Yahoo News, 2014-03-26, archived from the original on 2014-03-25, Russia had issued an arrest warrant for Muzytchko on suspicion that he fought alongside Islamists in the war in Chechnya where he was responsible for the deaths of 20 Russian soldiers, according to Russian news agencies. {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Sashko Bilyi: I will destroy Avakov and hang him like a dog (Video). uapress. March 1, 2014
  6. ^ Sashko Bilyi "activist and revolutionary," which beats the prosecutor - an outlaw. uapress. February 28, 2014
  7. ^ Activist of the Right Sector Oleksandr Muzychko will be dealt by prosecutors. uapress. February 28, 2014
  8. ^ "Blind eye turned to influence of far-right in Ukrainian crisis: critics". globalnews.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  9. ^ "Suspected Ukrainian gunman put on international wanted list". itar-tass.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  10. ^ "Российский депутат призвал спецслужбы "ликвидировать" Яроша и Белого". Lenta.ru. 11 March 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "Ukraine far-right leader Muzychko dies 'in police raid'". Ukraine far-right leader Muzychko dies 'in police raid'. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  12. ^ "ФОТОРЕПОРТАЖ З МІСЦЯ РОЗСТРІЛУ ОЛЕКСАНДРА МУЗИЧКА".
  13. ^ "На Украине убит активист "Правого сектора" Сашко Билый". Vladnews. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  14. ^ Dolgov, Anna (2014-03-25), Ultranationalist Leader in Maidan Protests Is Shot Dead in Ukraine (Video), Moscow Times, archived from the original on 2014-03-25, Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Doniy said on his Facebook page that unknown assailants blocked off Muzychko's car, dragged him out of the vehicle, cuffed his hands behind his back, and shot him twice in the chest. {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Right Sector coordinator Muzychko killed in Ukraine's Rivne, Kyiv Post, 2014-03-25, archived from the original on 2014-03-25, 'Two vehicles cut up his car, after which he was dragged out of his car and forced into one of these vehicles. He was then thrown out of the vehicle handcuffed behind his back and with two gunshot wounds to his heart,' Doniy said. {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Ukraine nationalist Oleksandr Muzychko killed in police operation, 2014-03-25, The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that Muzychko was shot dead after opening fire on police. {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  17. ^ a b Rudenko, Olga (2014-03-25), Radical Right Sector activist killed in police raid; investigators raise possibility of self-inflicted wounds, Kyiv Post, archived from the original on 2014-03-25 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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