Kiev, Ukraine : Hundreds of mourners shed tears and laid flowers today at the open casket of a top reporter whose targeted car bomb slaying sent shock waves through Ukraine's tight-knit journalistic community.
Wednesday's death of Pavel Sheremet a 44 year old columnist for Ukrainska Pravda came 16 years after the beheading of the investigative news site's founder that carried dark political overtones.
Sheremet a Russian national who was born in ex-Soviet Belarus was respected for criticising both the Kremlin and the mistakes Ukraine has made since severing ties with Moscow in a 2014 pro-EU revolution that was followed by a 27 month eastern separatist revolt.
"Ukrainian journalism lost a great reporter," 64 year old scientist Kostyantyn Skrypnyk said while waiting at the entrance of a Kiev conference hall at which the memorial ceremony was held.
Wednesday's death of Pavel Sheremet a 44 year old columnist for Ukrainska Pravda came 16 years after the beheading of the investigative news site's founder that carried dark political overtones.
Sheremet a Russian national who was born in ex-Soviet Belarus was respected for criticising both the Kremlin and the mistakes Ukraine has made since severing ties with Moscow in a 2014 pro-EU revolution that was followed by a 27 month eastern separatist revolt.
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