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Oles Buzina
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Oles Buzina

Oles Buzina, Ukrainian journalist and author (b. 1969)
Oles Alekseevich Buzina (Ukrainian: Оле́сь Олексі́йович Бузина́; 13 July 1969 – 16 April 2015) was a Ukrainian journalist and writer known for his criticism of Ukrainian politics and for the support of closer ties of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.

He was murdered on 16 April 2015, shot on the footpath not far from his flat in Kyiv. The murder case has not yet been solved.

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    2015 Baltimore protests

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  • 3May

    Charlie Hebdo shooting

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  • 14Jul

    New Horizons

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  • 20Jul

    Cuba-United States relations

    The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
  • 14Aug

    Cuba-United States relations

    The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba-United States relations were broken off.