Ousted Ukraine president's ally found shot dead in Kiev home
Source: Associated Press
Ousted Ukraine president's ally found shot dead in Kiev home
Associated Press in Moscow
Wednesday 15 April 2015 22.59 BST
A former ally of deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has been found shot to death in his home in Kiev.
The Ukrainian interior ministry said Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, was found dead Wednesday evening. It said he had died of gunshot wounds but did not say whether it was believed to be homicide or suicide.
Kalashnikov was a deputy for the Party of Regions in Ukraines previous parliament.
At least six former Ukrainian government officials from Yanukovychs time have died over the past two months in various circumstances that police have said were most likely suicides.
Yanukovych fled in February 2014 after months of increasingly violent protests. He later resurfaced in Russia.
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