"Even a Russian connection"? People who oppose Putin tend to drop from strange condition like polonium posioning, assasins and bombings, just coincidence…
Via Reuters:
An award-winning journalist working for the online investigative website Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning, in what a senior Ukrainian official called a "cynical murder".
Pavel Sheremet, a Belarussian known for his outspoken criticism of his home country's leadership and his friendship with the slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, was driving to work in the car of the website's owner when it was blown up.
The killing was a throwback to the days of violence against journalists that Ukraine, under a pro-Western leadership since the 2014 Maidan protests, hoped to have shed.
"I don't rule out that the cynical murder of Ukrayinska Pravda journalist Pavel Sheremet could be used to destabilize the internal political situation in Ukraine," said Anton Gerashchenko, a lawmaker and advisor to the Interior Ministry.
"The investigation will examine all possible theories for the murder, firstly linked to his journalistic activities. Even a Russian connection should not be excluded."
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said: "The murder of a Russian citizen and journalist in Ukraine is a very serious cause for concern in the Kremlin."
Sheremet, who was given Russian citizenship after fleeing political persecution in Belarus, had told Reuters in October that he did not feel comfortable visiting Moscow any more.
"I'm threatened often and given hints. Every time I go to Moscow, it's like I'm in a minefield," he said in an interview.
He said Ukraine needed strong, independent media to counter the influence of outlets controlled by business tycoons.
"Now the problem of freedom of speech and objective journalism is becoming again a serious issue," he said.