Serhiy Sukhobok | |
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Сергій Анатолійович Сухобок | |
Born | June 1964 Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 13 April 2015 | (aged 50)
Other names | Sergei Sukhobok |
Citizenship | Ukraine |
Occupation | journalist |
Serhiy Anatoliyovich Sukhobok (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Сухобок) was a Ukrainian journalist and entrepreneur. He founded the newspaper Viddzerkalennya and co-founded two online publications, ProUA and Obkom.
The son of Ukrainians from Chernihiv, Sukhobok was born in June 1964 in Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, and studied at Donetsk National Technical University.[1][2] He was critical of oligarchs, particularly Rinat Akhmetov, and state officials.[3][4] Sukhobok was killed on 13 April 2015 on a dacha near Kyiv, during a dispute that turned violent.[5][3][dead link][6]