Denis Voronenkov, who’d been a Communist member of Russia’s lower legislative house before he left, was fatally shot outside a hotel in broad daylight, and a suspect is in custody, officials said.

Voronenkov becomes the latest in a string of Russian critics of President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government who were killed or injured in mysterious circumstances.

Putin critic Denis Voronenkov dead: Ukraine’s leader calls killing a Russian terror act – CNN.com

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