Vasilyi Chervonyi

The UNIAN Archive People's Deputy Vasilyi Chervonyi cries in megaphone during the action at the editor's office "Rovno Vechernee" on Monday, October 30, 2000. On the very same day more than 100 local dwellers broke the windows in the edition office as a token of protest against the publication in the paper the extract from the book by Oles Buzina about the facts from the Taras Shevchenko's biography. During the action some persons, including 2 militia collaborators, were traumatized. Mr. Chernovyi is considered to be one of the action's organizers. On November 2 near the VR People's Deputy Mr. Chernovyi attacked the editor-in-chief of the "Rovno Vechernee" Nikolay Nesenyuk and beaten him. Mr. Nesenyuk declared on the press-conference in the UNIAN on Monday, November 6, 2000, that the VR is expected to will agree to attract Mr. Chernovyi to the criminal account. Photo by by the editor office "Rovno Vechernee"/ UNIAN / video-record