Iryna Nozdrovska

Iryna Nozdrovska (January 27, 1979, Demydiv, Kyiv Oblast, URSR – c. December 29, 2017, Vyshhorod Raion, Ukraine)[1] was a Ukrainian lawyer. In 2015 her sister was killed by a car driven by Dmitry Rossoshansky, the nephew of a Kyiv judge. Nozdrovska worked on bringing Rossoshansky to justice, and in May 2017 he was jailed for seven years.

Iryna Nozdrovska
BornJanuary 27, 1979
DisappearedDecember 29, 2017
Vyshhorod Raion, Ukraine
DiedDecember 29, 2017 (age 38)
Cause of deathmurder by stabbing
Body discoveredJanuary 1, 2018 in a river outside of Kyiv
NationalityUkrainian
Occupationlawyer
Known forbeing murdered
Children1

Nozdrovska was reported missing on December 29, 2017. Her body was found in a river outside Kyiv on January 1, 2018 and a murder investigation was opened. An autopsy revealed multiple stab wounds in her neck.[2][3][4][5][6]

Death of sister

In 2015 Nozdrovska's sister was struck and killed by Dmitry Rossoshansky, the nephew of a Kyiv judge.[7] In May 2017 Rossoshansky was jailed for seven years.[8] Nozdrovska's lawyer, Vitaly Matselyuk said the high-profile nature of this case forced the Kyiv authorities to act. "Without the media, it may have gone nowhere," he said. Rossoshansky's appeal was rejected on December 27, 2017. Two days later, on December 29, Nozdrovska disappeared.[6]

See also

Notes
  1. "Ukraine murder probe over lawyer's death". 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  2. Tom Parfitt, Campaigning Ukrainian lawyer found dead, The Times, (January 2, 2017).
  3. Ukraine murder probe over lawyer Nozdrovska's death, BBC, (January 2, 2017).
  4. Kyiv demonstrators rally for justice in murder of lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska, Kyiv Post, (January 2, 2017).
  5. Ukrainian Activist Lawyer Nozdrovska Died Of Stab Wounds, Radio Free Europe, (January 3, 2017).
  6. Roman Goncharenko, Murder of lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska shakes Ukrainians' faith in justice system, Deutsche Welle, January 5, 2018.
  7. McLaughlin, Daniel. "Ukraine claims it has caught killer of campaigning lawyer". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  8. "In Ukraine, a human rights activist was killed who was investigating the death of her sister". ForumDaily. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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