Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced early Monday that authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, according to Reuters .

Why It Matters

Officials in Ukraine said on Saturday that Andriy Parubiy, a former speaker of Ukraine's parliament, had been shot dead in the city of Lviv .

Who Was Andriy Parubiy?

Parubiy, 54, was a prominent figure in the pro-European Euromaidan protests in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014 that spelled the end for Kremlin-leaning then-president Viktor Yanukovych and remained a member in the country's parliament (MP), the Verkhovna Rada.

He served as secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council in 2014, and the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada between 2016 and 2019. He rep

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