Being an activist in Ukraine can be dangerous: your car or apartment might be arsoned, you might be doused with a lethal dose of acid, you can be attacked on the street and even killed. But the danger can rise to new levels when the law enforcement system gets involved. This is what happened with Serhiy Sternenko, who went from being a local Odesa activist to someone in the sights of the state Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova herself.
OP-ED
Olena Makarenko: Prosecutor general turns the tables on corruption fighter
Serhiy Sternenko, a pro-Ukrainian activist from the south-Ukrainian city of Odesa, could be prosecuted for killing his attacker, who he suspects is linked to state officials, in an act of self-defense.
