Poroshenko: Killing was Russian "state terrorism":
By RFE/RL
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the killing of a former Russian lawmaker in Kyiv was "an act of state terrorism" by Russia.
Poroshenko made the statement on Facebook and Twitter hours after Denis Voronenkov, who moved to Ukraine last year and had criticized the Russian government, was shot dead in central Kyiv on March 23.
The killing was an "act of state terrorism on the part of Russia, which [Voronenkov] had to leave for political reasons."
He said the killing bore the "clear hallmarks of the Russian special services."
"Voronenkov was one of the main witnesses of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and especially of [former President Viktor] Yanukovych's role as regards the entrance of Russian troops into Ukraine."
He said he believed it was "no accident" that the killing took place on the same day as blasts and a fire at a munitions depot in the Kharkiv region, which he called "sabotage."