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A leading blog which covers the Ukraine crisis followed-up on our stories from Tuesday and Wednesday about the man who was captured on video brutally clubbing prostrate people after they had fallen semi-conscious from a burning building during the Odessa massacre.
The blog is called Vineyard of the Saker, and its author occassionally contributes articles to our site.
Apparently, this man, Vsevolod Goncharevskii (Seva - Russian nickname for Vsevolod), leads an active public life in Odessa, where he continues to be a leading activist in pro-Kiev, far right wing political circles, which is why he participated in the press conference yesterday.
We also discovered that, although we only recently came across it, the video identifying him has been floating around the Russian internet since mid-August.
Read the Saker's post on his blog for more details about Goncharevskii's activities these days.
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Here's a video from yesterday's press conference.
Here's a video of him explaining that he is innocent of charges that he helped organize or participated in the massacre, posted on youtube Sept 9th.
Here are photos of him at a "Right Sector" (a hard-core right wing Ukrainian political group) demonstration on Sept 8th in Odessa.
Here is an article from Sept. 23rd, quoting him as a volunteer helping to dig defensive trenches around Odessa.
We're curious to see where he turns up next...
Here is the press conference (in Russian):
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