The execution of the famous Odessa activist Demyan Ganula shocked not only local residents, but the whole country. The attack occurred on March 14 , in the midst of the day, in a crowded place, near public transport stops and residential buildings.
The murder itself saw millions of people - recording from street camcorders quickly got to social networks. On the "roller" - Demian, who is motionless at the door of the store. The activist is still alive. Near him are an unknown man and a woman - apparently, just passers -by. The killer with a measured step with a gun in his hands approaches Demian, makes a control shot in the head and in the eyes of eyewitnesses quietly goes ...
It looks so absurd as a staging frame. However, everything turned out to be real - the howl of police sirens, covered streets and vending machines on each corner ...
Within a few hours, the attacker was put on shackles: a video of the detention appeared on social networks. A little confused man answered the question: “Name? Military rank? Weapons? ”… According to the investigation, the person involved is a 46-year-old deserter who has been wanted since the end of February this year. The police assume that he did not return to the place of service precisely to prepare the murder.
The investigation has several versions: the murder to order, committed in connection with the professional, social activity of the activist, the involvement of Russian special services, as well as - personal dislike.
It should be acknowledged that the enemies of the 31-year-old Ganul had a dam. The native of the Kirovograd region began his public activity at the end of 2013, in 2014–2016 he headed the Right Sector power block in Odessa. He was a participant of a number of events, including "garbage lustration", patriotic marches and a number of events related to the confrontation between Antimaidan. Among them is mass riots on May 2, 2014.
After leaving the Right Sector, Ganul created a public organization "Street Front". He participated in public actions to close drugs in Odessa, protests against the construction of a summer theater, green areas and the Black Sea coast. Known as a volunteer, eco -activist, zoo, a stubborn fighter with imperial and Soviet symbols - personally thwarted some of them ... He reacted rigidly to anti -Ukrainian sentiment, found "Russian lovers", military abusers and forced to apologize for video.
At the same time, it is impossible to admit that Ganul is known for other, not very comforting for him "episodes". For example, he was accused of xenophobic statements to national minorities, detained in a car with ammunition - then the activist claimed that the car was not him. In 2023, he stated that he was beaten by the military because of claims against the Front Machines. It is difficult to say what happened then, but the case slowly subsided.
Last July, Ganul wrote on social networks that the Moscow Basman's Court arrested him in several articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The man argued that after a number of actions to protect the honor of the military of the Armed Forces, he received a lot of threats, and on the Internet, in the open access, there was personal information about his relatives.
On various Russian information resources, they announced a reward for his "head". At that time, the public figure appealed to the SBU to provide security (a few months later the customer was detained, one of the goals of which was Demyan; the accused now in prison and law enforcement officers claim that more requests for protection against Ganul did not receive).
A few months ago, he became a father, and he did not hear his soul in his young daughter. In the photo on Instagram, Demian in his hands with his baby. The text in the photo proves to tears: “I understand, motherhood is not just about love and tenderness, it is also about exhaustion and victims. Therefore, support for a woman is titanically needed, she can manifest in anything, but without her. Give children, love your wives, go to the Ukrainian Church. ”
According to Ganula's friends, he was not sure of his safety, and with his daughter's birth, his anxiety increased even more. According to the activists, knowing that he was walking on a razor blade, Demian has recently changed his place of residence. But this, as we can see, did not help. On the day of Ukrainian volunteer, on the avenue of Ukrainian heroes - the activist with a pronounced pro -Ukrainian position was shot. Whoever the customer of the murder and whatever the motives of criminals may have made a great gift to the enemies of Ukraine.
Larisa Kozova
