According to the official version, the minister committed suicide
Georgy Kirpa, the Ukrainian Transport Minister, was found dead in his country-house on the outskirts of Kiev on December 27th. The reason of the minister's death is not known, although the police believe that Kirpa was one of the most important figures in Viktor Yanukovich's election campaign. He supposedly knew, where the money was coming from.
According to the official version, Georgy Kirpa committed suicide. Police officers found a gun near the minister's body in his country house. It is also known that the minister's wife left the house several hours before the crime, and the official talked to an unknown person on the telephone. Investigators do not exclude that Georgy Kirpa has been assassinated. It is worth mentioning that a priest visited the minister's country-house for the burial service, although the Orthodox religion bans such services for suicides.
Nikolai Tomenko, a deputy of the Ukrainian parliament said that such incidents may repeat in the future "when those aware of the government's illegal activities, the presidential election fraud in particular, suddenly disappear." Tomenko is certain that the minister has been murdered: "I think that Kirpa as a witness could have told the authorities a lot," the deputy said
