Illia Kyva

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Kyva.

Illia Kyva
Ілля Кива
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 15 March 2022[1]
Leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine
In office
8 July 2017 – 6 June 2019
Regional leader of the Right Sector in the East of Ukraine
In office
February 2014 – May 2014[2]
Personal details
Born(1977-06-02)2 June 1977
Poltava, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died6 December 2023(2023-12-06) (aged 46)
Suponevo, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Manner of deathAssassination by gunshot
Political partyOpposition Platform — For Life (2019–2022)
Other political
affiliations
EducationNational Academy of Internal Affairs (2017)
Occupation
  • Military personnel
  • politician
  • accounting assistant
  • engineering assistant
  • police officer

Illia Volodymyrovych Kyva[a] (2 June 1977 – 6 December 2023) was a Ukrainian politician who was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) from August 2019 until March 2022, when he fled to Russia.[1][3]

Kyva worked as an official and policeman before entering politics, heading the Poltava chapter of the Right Sector party before serving as the leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine from 2017 to 2019. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in March 2019, then was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in July 2019 as a member of the Opposition Platform — For Life party.[4]

In January 2022, Kyva left for Spain and then Russia; he supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine which began in February.[3] On 15 March, the Verkhovna Rada deprived Kyva of his parliamentary mandate, following his comments in support of Russia's invasion and occupation.[1] In Ukraine, he was sentenced for treason.[5] On 6 December 2023, Kyva was shot dead in an attack Ukrainian media attributed to the Security Service of Ukraine.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Kyva7331567 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Ху из мистер Кива? Как борьба с незаконным оборотом наркотиков превратилась в шоу". Украинская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference kyva-shot-dead-67641500 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Илья Кива избран главой партийной организации г.Полтава". ОП-ЗЖ. ОППОЗИЦИОННАЯ ПЛАТФОРМА – ЗА ЖИЗНЬ (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ Nechepurenko, Ivan; Santora, Marc (6 December 2023). "Former Ukrainian Lawmaker Who Defected Is Killed Near Moscow". The New York Times. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.


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