Oleksandr Muzychko
Oleksandr Ivanovych Muzychko (Ukrainian: Олександр Іванович Музичко, born 19 September 1962), also known under the nickname Sashko Bily (Сашко Білий), is a Ukrainian political activist, a member of UNA-UNSO and coordinator of Right Sector in Western Ukraine.[1] He fought in the First Chechen War on Chechen side.
During the First Chechen War he led the UNA-UNSO "Viking" group. In 1995 Muzychko was convicted in causing a heavy bodily harm to an individual. In 1997 he attempted to kill in Kiev one of the UNA-UNSO members. In 2003 Muzychko was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for racketeering and kidnapping. In 2009 he was accused in a hostile corporate raid. In 2012 he ran for the national parliament in the 153rd electoral district (Rivne) placing sixth.
On February 27, 2014 Muzychko attacked the Prosecutor of the Rivne Oblast in his office and threatened to "slain as a dog" the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov.[2] On March 28, 2014 there was opened a criminal proceedings against him.[3][4]
Muzychko has vowed to fight “communists, Jews and Russians for as long as blood flows in my veins”, and is accused of forcing members of the regional parliament of Rivne to hold a session at gunpoint on 25 February 2014 after he brandished a Kalashnikov assault rifle.[5]
On 7 March 2014, ITAR-TASS reported that he is wanted by Russian authorities for war atrocities.[6]
References
- ^ "Координатор «Правого сектору» у Західній Україні – Олександр Музичко". zik.ua. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- ^ Sashko Bilyi: I will destroy Avakov and hang him like a dog (Video). uapress. March 1, 2014
- ^ Sashko Bilyi "activist and revolutionary," which beat the prosecutor - an outlaw. uapress. February 28, 2014
- ^ Activist of the Right Sector Oleksandr Muzychko will be dealt by prosecutors. uapress. February 28, 2014
- ^ "Blind eye turned to influence of far-right in Ukrainian crisis: critics". globalnews.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- ^ "Suspected Ukrainian gunman put on international wanted list". itar-tass.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
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