Serhiy Sternenko

Serhiy Sternenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Стерненко) is an Odesa civil activist and lawyer, head of the NGO "Nebayduzhi", former board member and head of the Odesa regional branch of the "Right Sector", an active participant in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, one of the founders of the "People's Lustration", YouTuber.

Serhiy Sternenko
Serhiy in June, 2020 in a court in Kyiv
Born (1995-03-20) March 20, 1995
NationalityUkrainian
Citizenship Ukraine
OccupationSocial activist, lawyer, YouTuber

Serhiy was the victim of three assassination attempts.[1] In 2018, he became visible in the media after the third attempt to attack him. It is believed that the "manhunt" was organized by supporters of Anti-maidan and their sympathizers. During the self-defense, one of the two attackers died and the second fled abroad.[2]

As a result, Serhiy is accused of exceeding the limits of self-defense. He was also served a notice of suspicion for premeditated murder and cold weapons possession.[3]

Prosecutor, Andriy Radionov, (the senior prosecutor in the case), refused to sign the suspicion. He claims that the case and the evidence in the case are biased and do not comply with the legislation of Ukraine.[4][5]

The case became resonant, and thus, on June 12, hundreds of activists gathered near the court walls in defense of Serhiy, while hundreds of security officers were called up on to restrain the people.[6]

Biography
His shirt reads «Who ordered [to murder] Katia Handziuk», 2019. Kyiv

On 9 October 2019, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine sent a criminal case involving attacks on civil activist Serhiy Sternenko in Odesa to the Main Investigation Directorate of the SBU to check the information about the possible involvement of local authorities and police of the Odesa city.[7] Earlier in 2018, the Odesa police launched criminal proceedings under Part 1, Article 15, Part 1, Article 115 (attempted murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine due to an assassination attempt on activist Serhiy Sternenko.[8] The attack on Sternenko took place right next to his place of residence in Odesa during nighttime hours. The Sternenko's assailants were not residents of Odesa. During 2018 there were at least three attacks on Sternenko, one of which led to death of one of the attackers. Following the death, one of the former attackers accused Sternenko in planned assassination against oneself. As witnessed by Isaikul himself, Sternenko attacked him and Kuznetsov while holding hands with his girlfriend and carrying groceries.

Attack on Sternenko was one of several repressions against activists and journalists such as Kateryna Handziuk in 2018 throughout South Ukraine and Odesa in particular.[9]

A week after her appointment on 25 March 2020, the new Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova held a formal meeting with the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov to discuss the case about attack on Sternenko, but called it as the notorious case about murder of Ivan Kuznetsov.[10] At the time of that meeting the case was under investigation in the Security Service of Ukraine.

Among the anti-Maidan activists, in particular of the pro-Russian Antifascist organization in Ukraine,Serhiy Sternenko is known under the Russian spelling as Sergey Sternenko.[11][12] The Ukrainian "Antifa" created by Mykola Azarov opened a propaganda campaign against Sternenko publishing all his personal data.[13]

Sternenko is a native of village Sadove located on the banks of Dniester Estuary near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.

See also

References
  1. "Odesa activist who survived three murder attempts could face prosecution "for defending himself"". Human Rights in Ukraine. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. ""Умисне вбивство" нападника-"хулігана". Публікуємо підозру для Стерненка". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. "Activist Sternenko served notice of suspicion for premeditated murder, cold weapons possession – SBU". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. Makarenko, Olena (2020-06-11). "Odesa corruption fighter charged with murder for defending himself against third armed attack". Euromaidan Press. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. "Справа Стерненка: прокурор відмовився підписувати підозру через упереджене слідство та поскаржився на Венедіктову". nv.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. "Odesa activist Serhiy Sternenko charged with murder after fending off assault (PHOTOS) | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  7. PGO sends materials of investigation into attacks on activist Sternenko to SBU. Kyiv Post (Interfax-Ukraine). 9 October 2019
  8. Police investigate attack on activist Sternenko in Odessa as attempted murder. Interfax-Ukraine. 1 May 2018
  9. Tatiana Zarovnaya. "Gangster People's Republic" of Trukhanov, Angert and Galanternik («Бандитская народная республика» Труханова, Ангерта и Галантерника). Antikor (ORD). 31 December 2018
  10. Venediktova discussed with Avakov the Sternenko's case, while it is being investigated by SBU (Венедіктова обговорювала з Аваковим справу Стерненка, хоча її розслідує СБУ). Mirror Weekly. 26 March 2020
  11. The Murdering Banderist Sergey Sternenko Threatened a Repetition of the 2014 Odessa Massacre. Stalker Zone. 11 October 2018
  12. “This Is Pure Murder, Not Self-Defense”: Criminal Proceedings Were Initiated Against the Ukrainian Nationalist Sergey Sternenko. Stalker Zone. 25 May 2018
  13. "Collective image of a beast", Portnov published a court decision about Sternenko back in 2015 («Собирательный образ животного». Портнов опубликовал решение суда по Стерненко от 2015 года). Antifashist.online. 17 February 2020
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