Serhiy Sukhobok Explained

Serhiy Sukhobok
Native Name:Сергій Анатолійович Сухобок
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Date:June 1964
Birth Place:Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Citizenship:Ukraine
Other Names:Sergei Sukhobok
Occupation:journalist

Serhiy Anatoliyovich Sukhobok (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Сухобок) was a Ukrainian journalist and entrepreneur. He founded the newspaper Viddzerkalennya and co-founded two online publications, ProUA and Obkom.

The son of Ukrainians from Chernihiv, Sukhobok was born in June 1964 in Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, and studied at Donetsk National Technical University. He was critical of oligarchs, particularly Rinat Akhmetov, and state officials. Sukhobok was killed on 13 April 2015 on a dacha near Kyiv, during a dispute that turned violent.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pro-Russian journalist gunned down in Ukraine's capital. HuffPost. 2015-12-31.
  2. Web site: МВС України . https://archive.today/20150418170105/http://www.mvs.gov.ua/mvs/control/main/uk/publish/article/1446352 . 18 April 2015 . dead.