Denis Voronenkov, a former Russian legislator, was shot dead in broad daylight in downtown Kyiv on March 23. This is almost certainly a political murder ordered by the Kremlin in the long-standing KGB tradition of executing traitors — and a chilling statement of intent from Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Ukrainian government.
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Ukrainian police investigator works next to the body of former Russian member of parliament Denis Voronenkov on the scene of his assassination on March 23 in the center of Kyiv.
