Oles Buzina
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| Born |
13 July 1969 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 16 April 2015 (aged 45) Kiev, Ukraine |
| Citizenship |
 Ukraine
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| Occupation | journalist, writer, politician |
| Website | www |
Oles Buzina (Ukrainian: Оле́сь Олексі́йович Бузина́; 13 July 1969,Kiev, Ukrainian SSR – 16 April 2015, Kiev, Ukraine) was a controversial Ukrainian journalist and writer known for his strong pro-Russian views. He was affiliated with the Russian Bloc party but had been unsuccessful in seeking office.
He was murdered on 16 April 2015, shot on the footpath not far from his flat in Kiev. In June Ukrainian authorities arrested three suspects believed to be behind the murder. The main suspect responsible for the murder was described as a Ukrainian nationalist by the Ukrainian Minister of Interior.
Oles Buzina was born on 13 July 1969 in Kiev and attended local schools. In 1992 he graduated from the Faculty of Philology Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv specialising as a teacher of Russian language and literature. He began a career in journalism working for a number of Ukrainian media outlets:
He was invited as a guest to numerous talk shows in Russia. Some of his articles were published in the Russian media.
As a writer he published eight books, mainly about prominent figures and the history of Ukraine and Russia.
Buzina was married and the father of one daughter.
In addition to his reporting, Buzina tried to enter politics. He ran in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election for a constituency seat in Kiev for Russian Bloc but failed to win parliamentary representation. In Constituency No. 223, his 8.22% of votes was insufficient.
Oles Buzina held anti-Orange Revolution, and anti-Euromaidan views.
On 20 January 2006 he claimed that as a writer he was aware of political censorship in post-Orange Revolution Ukraine, as some publishers were afraid to release his books.
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