Pro-Russian former Ukrainian MP shot, condition critical
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Rogov, a senior Russian official stationed in southern Ukraine, said Oleg’s condition was very serious. He is currently in intensive care. He said on Telegram, asking Orthodox Christian believers to pray for Zharov.
Oleg Tsariov, a pro-Russian former Ukrainian lawmaker who was reported to have been groomed by Moscow to lead a puppet administration in Kiev after Russia’s invasion, was killed, a Russian official said Friday. He is in intensive care after being shot. Officer Vladimir Rogov did not say where the shooting occurred. Rogov, a senior Russian official stationed in southern Ukraine, said Oleg’s condition was very serious. He is currently in intensive care. He said on Telegram, asking Orthodox Christian believers to pray for Zharov.
Sources told Reuters last year that Russia was pushing Zharov to lead a puppet government in Kiev following Moscow’s military invasion on February 24 last year. When the Financial Times reported it, citing US intelligence, before the invasion, Zharov himself dismissed the possibility. He told the Financial Times at the time that the idea was “quite funny” because he was just running a wellness business in Crimea and was “not important enough”.
Tsaryov was previously a member of the Ukrainian parliament and chairman of the parliament of “Novorossiya”, an entity formed after Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine broke away in 2014 and fought Ukrainian forces.
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