From: New Voice of Ukraine — Author: Alex Stezhensky
Andriy Portnov, a 51-year-old former deputy chief of staff to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot and killed in Madrid on May 21. Once a close ally of Yanukovych and a political operator involved with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Portnov also helped broker a proposed “grand coalition” with members of the pro-Russian Party of Regions aimed at curbing presidential powers in Ukraine.
According to preliminary reports by Reuters and Spanish radio network Cadena SER, Portnov was gunned down around 9:15 a.m. local time (10:15 a.m. Kyiv time) near the American School in Madrid’s upscale Pozuelo neighborhood, where he lived and had just dropped off his children. He reportedly died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and head before paramedics arrived. No arrests have been made.
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