Ukraine seeks clues in killing of Kremlin
critic
By
Jason Hanna, Victoria Butenko and Joe Sterling, CNN
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Ex-Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov fled to
Ukraine last year
Ukrainian authorities
searched for leads Friday in the killing of a Kremlin critic, shot dead the day
before outside a hotel in broad daylight, an act Ukraine's President labeled a
"Russian state terrorist act."
Denis Voronenkov, a
onetime Communist member of Russia's lower house of parliament, died Thursday
after being shot outside a hotel in Kiev, the capital.
Voronenkov, who fled
to Ukraine last year, is the latest in a string of Russian critics of President
Vladimir Putin and the Russian government who were killed or injured in
mysterious circumstances.
Authorities want to
question a driver who dropped off Voronenkov's killer, said Larisa Sargan, a
spokeswoman for Ukraine's general prosecutor. But she told CNN it is unclear
whether the driver had any involvement in the deadly assault.
The attacker was
wounded after a shootout with Voronenkov's bodyguard. The assailant was taken
to a hospital, where he later died, Kiev police Chief Andriy Krischenko said.
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