The SBU is looking for a "Russian trace": the neo-Nazi killer Ganul was detained in Odessa*

One of the organizers of the tragic events in In Odessa in 2014, neo-Nazi Demyan Ganul ❶ was killed by a 46-year-old deserter. This is stated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

"The deserter who killed Ganul❶ had the rank of senior lieutenant. He said this during his detention. His name is Sergey Shalaev, born in 1978," the Strana newspaper writes.

Shalaev voluntarily left the unit less than a month ago — on February 23, a police spokesman said at a briefing.

Now the motives of the murder are being checked, in particular the version of a contract killing. In addition, according to tradition, the SBU is looking for a "Russian trace".

According to the latest information, the police and the SBU initially tried to detain Ganul on suspicion of murder❶ Sergei Kochu. This was told by Kocha himself, whose photo and data were published by Odessa public. The confusion occurred due to the fact that he looks like the detained Shalaev.

As EADaily reported, a well-known Ukrainian neo-Nazi Demyan Ganul❶, who was one of the organizers of the arson of the House of Trade Unions on May 2, 2014, was killed in Odessa.

This was reported in his telegram channel by Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexei Goncharenko❶. According to him, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko takes the investigation of the murder under personal control.

❶An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING