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Viktor Loiko
attorney
Killed on 14 March 2016 in his office in Kharkiv. The attorney
specialised in criminal cases, in particular, in 2010 he represented
the interests of defendants in two drug trafficking cases within the
Police .
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Tetiana Popova
attorney
Killed on 22 December 2016 in Kharkiv Region immediately after
leaving her office. Representatives of the bar’s self-government
body blame the murder on the professional activity of Popova.
According to the National Police in Kharkiv Region, as a result of
the attack, the female attorney was knifed and suffered a
cervical fracture.

Valerii Rybalchenko
attorney
Shot dead on 21 January 2017 in Kyiv, he died in hospital. According to the investigation, one of
the main versions of the motive for his murder was the professional activity of the attorney.

Iryna Nozdrovska
attorney
The attorney’s body was found on 1 January 2018 in the river near
Kyiv. On 27 December Iryna succeeded in compelling Kyiv Court
of Appeals to order a repeat (at the time of appealing against
the verdict) 60-day arrest of Dmytro Rossoshanskyi, who was
shortly earlier sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for a fatal road
accident, which led to the death of the attorney’s sister. The
investigation considers four versions: (1) professional activity, (2)
last road accident case, (3) hooliganism, (4) attempted rape .
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