Friends, colleagues, and activists have gathered in central Kyiv to commemorate the life of journalist Pavel Sheremet on the third anniversary of his murder.
On July 20, roughly 60 people gathered at the intersection of Kyiv’s Bohdana Khmelnytskoho and Ivana Franka streets, where Sheremet’s car exploded three years earlier, killing him.
Among the attendees were journalists from several Ukrainian publications and the interim head of the U.S. Embassy, Ambassador William Taylor. Many at the memorial ceremony carried small signs that read “Who killed Pavel?”
Born in Belarus, Sheremet had worked in his homeland, in Russia, and, starting in 2012, in Ukraine. He was a host and regular guest of Ukrainian television and radio political talk shows, where he addressed controversial topics and often criticized people in power both in Ukraine and Russia.
Three years after the crime, Sheremet’s killing still has not been solved, and investigative journalists have often uncovered more evidence than the official police investigation.
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