The two cases have brought renewed questions about whether the Kremlin is violently targeting critics at home and abroad. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko called Voronenkov’s killing a Russian “act of state terrorism,” while Gorokhov’s associate William Browder said the fall was “extremely suspicious” and raised the prospect of foul play. In Ukraine, Voronenkov went from being a Putin supporter to a vocal opponent of his former government and president. Although this would seemingly make him a natural target for Russia, Voronenkov also drew criticism from Ukrainians and Russian opposition members who viewed his about-face as insincere. The opaque nature of these incidents means there’s rarely any immediate evidence or proof of whether the Kremlin was involved.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2017 09:10 UTC