1. Serhii Viacheslavovych Sternenko is a Ukrainian activist, lawyer, and YouTuber.
22 Facts About Serhii Sternenko
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Serhii Sternenko is the head of the non-government organization Nebayduzhi, one of the founders of the People's Lustration, and a former board member and head of the Odesa regional branch of Right Sector, a coalition of Right-wing groups that includes ultranationalist and far-right elements.
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Serhii Sternenko was an active participant in the Revolution of Dignity, including the 2014 Odesa clashes.
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Serhii Sternenko's father is a former border guard, his mother is a teacher.
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Serhii Sternenko lived in Odesa, but after a series of attempts on his life, he moved to Kyiv.
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Serhii Sternenko was an active participant in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and is one of the founders of the Lustration in Ukraine.
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Serhii Sternenko is a civil activist and lawyer, and served as the head of the non-government organization Nebayduzhi and as a former board member and head of the Odesa regional branch of the Right Sector.
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Serhii Sternenko was one of the organizers of the so-called "trash lustration".
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On September 13,2015, in Odesa, Serhii Sternenko was one of the organizers of the "March in Support of Political Prisoners" for Andrey Medvedko and Denis Polischuk, who were accused of murdering pro-Russian commentator Oles Buzina.
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Serhii Sternenko denied ever having met Shcherbych; according to court proceedings other members of Right Sector did.
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In 2015, Serhii Sternenko sharply criticized Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, saying in particular: "Poroshenko's regime put even more people behind bars than Viktor Yanukovych's bandit regime did at the time".
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Serhii Sternenko was among the organizers of the protest action "Avakov is the devil", which took place on August 28,2019, in Kyiv near the Office of the President of Ukraine.
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On November 2,2019, Serhiy Serhii Sternenko registered a petition to the President of Ukraine, which refers to the introduction of a ban for citizens of the Russian Federation on visiting the territory of Ukraine or the introduction of a visa regime.
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The attack on Serhii Sternenko took place right next to his place of residence in Odesa during night time hours.
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Consequently, one of the former attackers accused Serhii Sternenko of planned assassination against them.
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Isaikul said Serhii Sternenko attacked him and Ivan Kuznetsov while holding hands with his girlfriend and carrying groceries.
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The attack on Serhii Sternenko was one of several repressions against activists and journalists such as Kateryna Handziuk in 2018 throughout South Ukraine and Odesa in particular.
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Serhii Sternenko claimed that the case and the evidence in the case were biased and did not comply with the legislation of Ukraine.
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Serhii Sternenko was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison and half of his property was confiscated.
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On February 24,2022, when Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Serhii Sternenko joined the "Honor" unit, which is part of the Special Operations Forces.
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Serhii Sternenko remained active on social media, pointing out multiple Russian war crimes during the war, and attacking supporters of Vladimir Putin's government.
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On October 15,2022, Serhii Sternenko wrote that he would give $10,000 from his personal savings to whoever would take Igor Girkin prisoner.