Ukrainian lawyer, politician and scientist Alexander Zadorozhny died at the age of 57.

This was reported on his Facebook page by political expert Eugene Magda.

"Alexander Zadorozhny died. No words. No. ", He wrote.

Zadorozhny was born on June 26, 1960 in the village of Krasny Kut, Lugansk region.

In 1977 he entered the Faculty of International Relations of Kiev University named after Taras Shevchenko, who graduated in 1982.

From 2006 to 2008 he was vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work of this university.

People's Deputy 3-4 convocations. He was called an associate of the head of the Presidential Administration Viktor Medvedchuk in the development and implementation of the 2004 political reform.

In 2004-2005 he was the authorized representative of the presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych in the territorial constituency No. 217.

During the political crisis in the spring of 2007 Zadorozhny called the decree of President Viktor Yushchenko on the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada of the 5th convocation illegal. He conducted a check of judges of the Pechersk court, who made a decision in favor of Yushchenko. Shortly before that, he criticized the head of state for re-vetoing the law on the Cabinet, which expanded the powers of the government.

In July 2007, Yushchenko dismissed Zadorozhny from the High Council of Justice with the wording "for violation of the oath".

In 2015, in Kiev, the book "The Russian doctrine of international law after the annexation of the Crimea", in which the author justified the Maydan, the Revolution of the Virtue of 2014, and also condemned the occupation of Crimea by Russia.

As reported by the "Observer", April 30 at the 82nd year of life after a serious and prolonged illness, the famous Ukrainian poet Boris Oleinik.

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