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Ukrainian officials say Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed because of his professional activities in a contract killing.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in Kyiv on Feb. 8 the results of a pretrial investigation into Sheremet’s death “lead to the conclusion that this crime was carefully prepared by a group of people.”

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