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Oles Buzina
Born(1969-07-13)13 July 1969
Kiev, USSR
Died16 April 2015(2015-04-16) (aged 45)
Kiev, Ukraine
Citizenship Ukraine
Occupation(s)journalist, writer, politician
Websitewww.buzina.org

Oles Buzina (Ukrainian: Оле́сь Олексі́йович Бузина́; 13 July 1969[1] – 16 April 2015) was a pro-Russian[2] Ukrainian journalist, writer, and politician for the Russian Bloc party, born in Kiev. He was opposed to the post-Maidan Ukrainian government. He was murdered on 16 April 2015 not far from his flat in Kiev.[3][4]

Biography

Born July 13, 1969 in Kiev. In 1992 he graduated from the Faculty of Philology Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (specialty "teacher of Russian language and literature").[1] He then started a career in journalism.[1] From 2007 he was a journalist at Segodnya.[5] Buzina was married and a father of one daughter. In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Buzina tried to win a constituency seat in Kiev for Russian Bloc.[6] But he failed to win parliamentary representation.[7] In constituency 223 his 8.22% was not enough.[6]

Literary views

Their Favorite books were "A hero of our time" by Mikhail Lermontov and "The White Guard" by Mikhail Bulgakov[8].

Political views

Known for his pro-Russian stance, Buzina was in favour of peace between Russia and Ukraine. He believed that Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians are one nation, opposed the current government of Ukraine and worked for Russian media.[9]

Murder

On April 15, 2015, one day before Buzina was murdered, Oleg Kalashnikov, who also was in opposition to the government, was shot to death in Kiev. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called Buzina's murder "a deliberate act which plays into the hands of our enemies."[10]

International reaction

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on live Russian TV that this murder was a political one and offered his condolences to the family of the victim.[11]

Publications

  • «Вурдалак Тарас Шевченко» (2000), [The Ghoul Taras Shevchenko]
  • «Тайная история Украины-Руси» (2005), [The Secret Story of Ukraine and Rus']
  • «Верните женщинам гаремы» (2008), [Bring Back Harems to Women]
  • «Революция на болоте» (2010), [Revolution in Swamp]
  • «Воскрешение Малороссии» (2012) [The Resurrection of Little Russia]
  • «Союз плуга и трезуба. Как придумали Украину» (2013) [The Union between Plough and Trident. How Ukraine Was Invented]
  • «Докиевская Русь» (2014) [The Rus' Before Kiev]
  • ЭМСКИЙ УКАЗ ПРОТИВ РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА on line (2008) [ Ems Ukaz Against The Russian Language]

References

  1. ^ a b c http://file.liga.net/person/1009-oles-byzina.html
  2. ^ [Prominent pro-Russian Ukrainian journalist killed in Kiev http://www.france24.com/en/20150416-ukraine-prominent-journalist-oles-buzina-shot-dead-kiev/]
  3. ^ "Pro-Russian Figures Killed In Ukraine". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  4. ^ "СМИ сообщили об убийстве украинского журналиста Олеся Бузины". lenta.ru. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  5. ^ Mordserie in der Ukraine. Prorussischer Journalist erschossen, Tagesschau, in german
  6. ^ a b Candidates, RBC Ukraine
  7. ^ Template:Uk icon Proportional votes & Constituency seats, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  8. ^ Олесь Бузина: «Ющенко — это пародия на Петлюру и гетмана Брюховецкого»
  9. ^ [Opposition journalist gunned down in central Kiev http://en.rsf.org/ukraine-opposition-journalist-gunned-down-16-04-2015,47783.html]
  10. ^ "Ukraine Journalist Shot Dead Near Kyiv". VOA. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  11. ^ http://mobile.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/04/16/world/europe/16reuters-ukraine-crisis-crime.html?ref=world&_r=0&referrer=

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