30 Facts About Denis Voronenkov

Denis Voronenkov was a member of the Unity party from 2000 to 2003 and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation from 2011 to 2016.

Denis Voronenkov studied at the Suvorov Military School before joining the Soviet Army.

In early 2017, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a case to look into Denis Voronenkov's suspected corruption, and an investigation by the anti-corruption blogger and Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny found that Denis Voronenkov possessed significantly more assets than his officially-declared income would allow.

Denis Voronenkov was shot dead in Kyiv by a Ukrainian national, Pavlo Parshov.

Denis Nikolayevich Voronenkov was born in Gorky, Russian SFSR, but had a Ukrainian grandmother and spent his childhood in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast.

Denis Voronenkov married former fellow Russian MP and opera singer Maria Maksakova Jr.

Denis Voronenkov eventually came to hold the rank of colonel in the Russian army.

Denis Voronenkov had worked in military and federal law enforcement since 1995, joining the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, initially as an investigator.

Denis Voronenkov had reached the position of deputy prosecutor by the time he left the military in 1999 in order to enter politics.

In 2000 Denis Voronenkov became an employee for the State Duma faction of the Unity party.

Denis Voronenkov then worked for the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia from 2004 until 2007.

Denis Voronenkov then pursued an academic career as an associate professor; his last post before being elected an MP was at the St Petersburg Institute of International Trade, Economics and Law.

Denis Voronenkov was elected as a deputy for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, in 2011.

Denis Voronenkov lost his bid for reelection in September 2016, taking third place in constituency No 129, located in his native Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, well behind the winner, United Russia candidate Vladimir Panov.

Denis Voronenkov said that he had no intention of entering Ukrainian politics.

Denis Voronenkov was expelled from the Communist Party in 2016.

Denis Voronenkov described the atmosphere in Russia as characterised by a "pseudo-patriotic frenzy" and "total fear".

In October 2016 the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office refused to launch a probe against Denis Voronenkov recommended by the Investigative Committee of Russia.

Nevertheless, Denis Voronenkov was accused later of being involved in an illegal property seizure in Moscow.

Russian investigators were preparing a criminal case against Denis Voronenkov, but were waiting for his parliamentary immunity to run out in December 2016.

Denis Voronenkov has been accused by Alexey Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation of using ill-gotten wealth to buy extensive property and automotive holdings worth hundreds of millions of rubles.

Denis Voronenkov had multiple properties including a luxury villa worth 300 million rubles, which his annual parliamentary salary of 3 million rubles, given that he has only ever worked in the Russian government, could scarcely have afforded him.

Denis Voronenkov was shot dead in Kyiv as he left the Premier Palace hotel on 23 March 2017.

Ukraine's General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko stated that Denis Voronenkov was shot at least three times, including in the head, and died instantly.

Denis Voronenkov was on his way to meet Ilya Ponomarev, another former Russian MP living in exile in Ukraine.

Denis Voronenkov's assailant was wounded by Voronenkov's bodyguard and taken to a hospital, where he later died from his wounds, according to the authorities.

Denis Voronenkov said that Parshov was planted by Russian services as an undercover agent into the National Guard of Ukraine.

Denis Voronenkov was not a crook, but an investigator who was fatally dangerous to Russian authorities.

In 2019 The New York Times Magazine reported that Denis Voronenkov's death was likely to have been related to him benefiting on his co-conspirators in a case of corporate raiding.

Denis Voronenkov died in custody in intensive care unit from wounds sustained at the scene.