Vechirnia Odesa (Russian: Вечерняя Одесса; Ukrainian: Вечірня Одеса, lit.
'Evening Odesa') is Odesa, Ukraine's most widely read newspaper, published from 1 July 1973 three times per week.
On 11 August 1997 Boris Derevyanko, who had been the editor of Vechernyaya Odessa for 24 years, was shot and killed on a city street in broad daylight on his way to work.
International news organizations and the regional prosecutor concluded that Derevyanko was assassinated because of his editorial work, as a known critic of local post-communist politicians.
A suspect was arrested in September and confessed to performing the contract killing.