It is said to have been in the area of a sanatorium in the city of Yalta in the south of the Crimean peninsula, Oleg Tsarjov, on the night of Friday, is said to have been attacked by unknown perpetrators. Tsarjov and his family have lived here, after they fled Ukraine itself in 2014. At first there was talk that he had been stabbed. But on Friday morning, Russian media and bloggers write that Tsarjov has been shot and that he is now being treated for serious injuries in a hospital. Former member of the Ukrainian parliament Oleg Tsaryov is one of the most famous Ukrainian politicians who have chosen to go over to the Russian side in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. He is from the city of Dnipro, and was an active businessman before being elected to the Ukrainian parliament in 2002. There he distinguished himself as a supporter of close cooperation between Russia and Ukraine, and he became one of the leaders of the Regional Party. This was also the party of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Oleg Tsarjov speaks during a demonstration in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine in May 2014. Photo: Reuters The flight from Ukraine in 2014 Yanukovych had to flee Ukraine after the uprising on the Maidan in Kyiv in the winter of 2014. Yanukovych had then entered into an extensive economic cooperation agreement with Russia and President, Vladimir Putin. A few months later, Oleg Tsarjov also chose to leave Ukraine. He was active in the attempts to form a separate state, Novorossija, in the southeastern part of Ukraine. – What is happening in Ukraine now is a great tragedy both for the Ukrainian people and for me and my family, said Oleg Tsarjov in an interview with news in Moscow in 2015. Oleg Tsarjov during an interview with news in 2015. Photo: Yuri Linkevich / news Prime Minister in a Russian-friendly Ukraine? After the major Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2014, Oleg Tsarjov appeared in occupied territory outside Kyiv. There was speculation at the time whether he was intended for a role, possibly as prime minister, in a pro-Russian new Ukrainian government. After Ukraine managed to repulse the attack on Kyiv, Oleg Tsarjov retreated to Russia and his home on the Crimean peninsula. From there, he has been active in various Russian TV channels and with a blog, where he follows and comments on developments in the conflict. Those who call themselves the administrators of Oleg Tsarjov’s Telegram channel confirm the assassination on Friday morning and confirm that he is seriously injured. The assassination attempt against Tsarjov joins the series of attacks and liquidations of pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. The most famous is the liquidation of the so-called president of the Donetsk People’s Republic Aleksandr Zakharchenko in 2018.
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