Oleksiy Honcharenko

Oleksiy Goncharenko

Oleksiy Goncharenko (Ukrainian: Гончаренко Олексій Олексійович, September 16, 1980, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) - Ukrainian politician, the chairman of the Odessa Regional Council, the leader of the public organization "Quality of Life". In 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.

On 1 March 2015 Hocharenko was arrested by Russian police during Nemtsov Memorial March.[1] According to Honcharenko when in detention he was beaten and deprived of medical and legal help. Honcharenko was released from prison the next day but he promised to sue Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.[2]

He is a son of former mayor of Odessa Oleksiy Kostusyev.

References

  1. ↑ "В Москве на марше памяти Немцова задержан депутат Верховной рады". TASS. 1 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Украинский депутат Гончаренко будет судиться с МВД РФ: избили и не пустили врача с адвокатом". Moskovsky Komsomolets. 2 March 2015.


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