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[**Shooter unknown, unidentified**](https://www.rt.com/russia/623713-parubiy-neo-nazi-maidan-kingpin-assassinated/)

> **Andrey Parubiy, a former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker and sitting far-right MP, was shot dead on Saturday** in the western city of Lviv. **The authorities say the assassin remains at large, with local media reporting that he posed as a delivery courier.**

> **Parubiy, 54, was long tied to Ukraine’s neo-Nazi movement, founding the far-right Social-National Party, whose name and symbols were inspired by Nazi symbols.** He played a key role in the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev, later taking part in a harsh crackdown on those who opposed the post-Maidan government.

**Radical nationalist**

> **In the waning days of the Soviet Union, Parubiy strongly advocated for Ukrainian secession,** taking part in independence rallies and being detained on at least one occasion. **He was also involved in efforts to restore the graves of Ukrainian Insurgent Army fighters, the force led by Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera during World War II.**
> 
> **In 1991, he and Oleg Tyagnibok, another notorious far-right figure, co-founded the Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU), which was rebranded as Svoboda (Freedom) in the early 2000s.** The SNPU adopted a Wolfsangel symbol resembling Nazi iconography.
> **He later took part in the Orange Revolution of 2004,** when demonstrators disputed the results of a presidential election.

**Maidan enforcer**

> **During the 2014 Western-backed Maidan coup in Kiev, Parubiy took command of far-right gangs of demonstrators in the protest camp, which on numerous occasions clashed with law enforcement. He has also been accused of involvement in the sniper fire** that killed dozens of protesters and police officers in February 2014, although he has never faced formal charges.

**Odessa fire and Donbass conflict**

> After the Maidan coup and the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovich, Parubiy was appointed secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, a post he held until August 2014. In **this role, he oversaw the early crackdown on those resisting the Western-backed coup, including Kiev’s offensive in Donbass, which was marred by atrocities and strikes against civilians. In 2023, he was put on the wanted list in Russia.**
> 
> **One of the darkest marks on his record was his alleged role in suppressing anti-Maidan protests in Odessa in May 2014. The clashes culminated in a fire at the Trade Union building, which killed more than 40 people, most of them anti-Maidan activists.** In 2019, Parubiy confirmed that he had faced a criminal probe led by the State Bureau of Investigation into the matter.

[Interesting substack article- A shot to the heart of Ukraine](https://banderalobby.substack.com/p/a-shot-to-the-heart-of-ukraine)

**Images of him with the snipers from Maidan- Tied to the massacre in Odessa**– **If you play with fire, your bound to get burned.**