Ilya Ponomarev

 

Ex-Russian MP Voronenkov's murder case: details

Crime10.10.2017

On March 23, 2017 in Kiev, at the intersection of the Taras Shevchenko’s Boulevard and Pushkin Street, Denis Voronenkov, accompanied by a bodyguard, was on his way to meet with former deputy Ilya Ponomarev. The attacker was brought to the crime scene by Daewoo Lanos. Near the hotel Premier Palace he caught up with the men and shot at Voronenkov. The guard tried to hit him with a bag, but he shot at him too. After a few more shots at Voronenkov, the killer tried to hide, but the guard managed to get his gun and shot the killer. Voronenkov died on the spot. The bodyguard was taken to the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the killer – to the City Clinical Hospital No. 17. In the afternoon, he died under an operation at the hospital.

Russian Duma ex-deputies Voronenkov and Maksakova fled to Ukraine

Society27.01.2017

Russian communists and micro-oligarchs Denis Voronenkov and his wife Maria Maksakova ended up being Ukrainian nationalists.   

Ilya Ponomarev decided not to return from the US to Russia

Crime09.12.2015

The MP is accused in a criminal case on the theft of $750 thousand from Skolkovo. Besides, the investigators may re-interrogate the head of the Foundation, Viktor Vekselberg.

What happened to Skolkovo

Business23.03.2015

Skolkovo Innovation Center was eastablished to show the world the triumph of the Russian science, but in recent years the project had been plagued by failures. Why Medvedev's modernization project stalled, as investigated by RBC reporters.