Journalist Pavel Sheremet dies in Kiev

Well-known journalist Pavel Sheremet has died in central Kiev, the Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper reports.

"On Wednesday morning, well-known journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car bomb explosion. The car belonged to the Ukrainskaya Pravda head Yelena Pritula. The car exploded at the corner of Bogdan Kmelnitsky and Ivan Franko streets," the report says.

Pavel Sheremet was born in Minsk on November 28, 1971. He was the presenter of the weekly analytical program Vremya. Since 2009 he was editor of the politics and society in the Ogonyok magazine. For the past five years, Sheremet has been staying in Kiev, working in Ukrainskaya Pradva, as well as an anchorman on Vesti radio, TASS reminds.