Sergei Yushenkov
Sergei Yushenkov | |
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Сергей Юшенков | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 26 March 1989 – 17 April 2003 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Tver Oblast, Russia)[1] | 27 June 1950
Died | 17 April 2003 Moscow, Russia | (aged 52)
Political party | Liberal Russia |
Other political affiliations | |
Sergei Nikolayevich Yushenkov (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Юшенко́в; 27 June 1950 – 17 April 2003) was a liberal Russian politician. He was assassinated on 17 April 2003, just hours after registering his political party to participate in the December 2003 parliamentary elections.
Political career
Yushenkov was an elected member of all
As a person with a military background, Yushenkov was the strongest proponent of reform in the Russian Army, and he campaigned tirelessly to abolish conscription, reduce the size of the Army, and protect all rights of military personnel who suffered from abuse and dedovshchina. Yushenkov was a prominent critic of the First and Second Chechen Wars, arguing that the Russian Army's operations in Chechnya were illegal.
His political party, Liberal Russia, was officially formed on 22 October 2002. The other initial organizers of this party before its registration were Vladimir Golovlyov, Viktor Pokhmelkin, and controversial businessman Boris Berezovsky. Golovlyov was assassinated on 21 August 2002 (his killers were never found), and Boris Berezovsky was expelled, presumably on the request of state authorities who refused to register the party, and possibly due to tensions between the initial organizers of the party.[2]
Investigation of Russian apartment bombings
Yushenkov was vice chairman of the
On 5 March 2002, Yushenkov flew to the premier of the documentary film
Investigation of Moscow theatre hostage crisis
Yushenkov also investigated the alleged involvement of the
A few days later, Yushenkov was assassinated. Terkibaev was killed later in a car crash in Chechnya. While flying south in September 2004 to help negotiate with those who had taken over a thousand hostages in a school in
Assassination
Sergei Yushenkov was shot dead near his house in
Just before his death, Sergei Yushenkov received threats from a high-ranking FSB general, Aleksander Mikhailov, according to Grigory Pasko.[13]
Investigation
Four people have been convicted during a controversial trial for the murder of Sergei Yushenkov and are currently serving prison sentences. Most prominent among them is
Critics also insisted that the political murders of two chairmen of the Liberal Russia party should have been considered as the same case in the court, which would make it clear that some of the suspects were wrongly accused.[15] Some observers noted that Kodanev was relatively unknown in Russian politics until he was named to Yushenkov's party by Boris Berezovsky, ostensibly to make a mockery of Vladimir Putin (Kodanev was nicknamed "Putin" because he looks very much like the President). Some Russian media claimed that it was Boris Berezovsky who organized the murder of Sergei Yushenkov through his agent Mikhail Kodanev.
Former
See also
References
- ^ "Убит депутат Госдумы С. Юшенков" [State Duma deputy S. Yushenkov dead]. RBK Group (in Russian). 17 April 2003. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Грани.Ру: "Путин" виновен в убийстве Юшенкова" [Grani.Ru: "Putin" is guilty of the murder of Yushenkov]. graniru.org.
- ^ Birch, Douglas (11 December 2003). "Putin critic loses post, platform for inquiry". eng.terror99.ru. Moscow. Archived from the original on 10 March 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ISBN 0-300-09892-8.
- ^ "Sergei Yushenkov: That was a coup in 1999". www.hro.org. Archived 2006-09-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4165-5165-2, pages 249-252
- ^ "Boris Berezovsky organized "Assassination of Russia"". www.kommersant.com.
- IFEX. 3 September 2004. Archived from the originalon 29 January 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2006.
- The Sunday Times. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
- ^ "FindArticles.com | CBSi". findarticles.com. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Nekrasov, Andrey (23 October 2004). "Disbelief (2004) (Nedoverie - Original title)". imdb.com. Dreamscanner. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Google Video". video.google.com.[dead link]
- ^ "Березовский: Юшенков предполагал, что спецслужбы представляют угрозу его жизни" [Berezovsky: Yushenkov assumed that the special services posed a threat to his life]. grani.ru (in Russian). 22 April 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
Berezovsky: Yushenkov assumed that the special services posed a threat to his life
- ^ "Henry Reznik: Kodanev have been slandered". grani.ru (in Russian). 17 March 2004. Computer translation
- ^ Vladimir Korsunsky (17 April 2004). "On 17 April, the last romantic died". grani.ru (in Russian). Computer translation.
- ^ "Litvinenko: Yushenkov was killed for his investigation of Nord-Ost". Lenta.ru (in Russian). 25 April 2003., Computer translation.
- ^ "GRU and Nord-Ost?". www.hro.org.Archived 2008-05-07 at the Wayback Machine Computer translation
External links
English
- Russian liberal deputy shot dead – BBC News
- Yushenkov, a Russian idealist – BBC News
- Obituary – The Independent
- Moscow: Death of a deputy – The Jamestown Foundation
- Russian MP's death sparks storm – BBC News
- Russia buries slain deputy as concern mounts over political killings – Agence France-Presse
- Russian deputy assassinated – Voice of America News
- Russia: High-Profile Killings, Attempted Killings In The Post-Soviet Period, Radio Free Europe, October 19, 2006
Russian
- Sergei Yushenkov knew that he was a target of FSB assassination
- Publications about the murder of Sergei Yushenkov
- Interview with Radio Free Europe
- Yushenkov on the Russian apartment bombings
- List of members of Kovalyov commission
- Yuri Shchekochikhin on the murder of Sergei Yushenkov
- Opinions about death of Yushenkov
See also
- Human rights in Russia
- Yuri Shchekochikhin
- Sergei Kovalyov
- Alexander Litvinenko
- Galina Starovoitova
- Artyom Borovik
- Sergei Yushenkov at Find a Grave