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Pro-Russia journalist shot dead in Ukraine
Oles Buzina was gunned down outside of his home by two masked men who fled the scene, according tonews reports. Ukraine’s interior ministry has launched an investigation into the murder, the agency said on...

Pro-Russia journalist shot dead in Ukraine

Oles Buzina was gunned down outside of his home by two masked men who fled the scene, according tonews reports. Ukraine’s interior ministry has launched an investigation into the murder, the agency said on its website.

The local and international press described Buzina as a pro-Russia journalist whowrote controversial articles and books on Ukraine’s history and the current political crisis in the country, including the conflict in the east.

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