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                     Ukraine Journalist Shot Dead Near Kyiv

   by VOA News

   A prominent Ukrainian journalist has been shot dead on the street, said
   Ukranian officials Thursday.

   Ukraine's Interior Ministry said in an online statement that Oles
   Buzina, chief editor of the newspaper Sevodnya or Today, was shot near
   his home in Kyiv.

   Reports said the journalist was killed by two masked gunmen who fled in
   a car. Police are investigating.

   Buzina, 45, was known for writing pro-Russian opinion pieces, according
   to the Reuters news agency.  Reuters said his newspaper is owned by
   Rinat Akhmetov, the country's richest businessman and an unsuccessful
   Russian Bloc candidate last year for a parliamentary seat.

   The journalist's death came a day after the similar slaying of a former
   member of parliament loyal to ex-President Viktor Yanukovich. Oleh
   Kalashnikov, a member of Yanukovich's Party of Regions, was shot dead
   as he entered his home.

   In Russia, President Vladimir Putin said during an annual televised
   call-in show that Buzina's shooting death was politically motivated,
   Reuters said.

   "This is not the first political assassination," he said. "Ukraine is
   dealing with a whole string of such murders."

   The Reuters news agency contributed to this report.
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