[1][2] On 16 April Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina was shot to death in Kyiv as well.

[3] On 12 July 2006 a group of individuals from the Party of Regions, including Oleh Kalashnikov, obstructed the work of an STB television crew near the Verkhovna Rada.

[4] Two days later, on 14 July, the Prosecutor's Office of the Pecherskyi District of Kyiv initiated a criminal case on the grounds of obstruction of journalists' legitimate professional activities.

[5] As a response to the incident, the Verkhovna Rada established a Temporary Investigation Commission to examine the situation.

[6] On 19 December 2006 the Temporary Investigation Commission released a report, in which it condemned Kalashnikov's behavior as unacceptable.