Among the wounded from today’s Russian attack on Odesa is Serhiy Kivalov, a former People’s Deputy and rector of the National University “Odesa Law Academy” (NO “OJU”).
About this reports Souspilne with reference to the vice-rector of OU “OYUA” Valentyn Fedorov.
It is noted that the building, known in Odessa as “Kivalov’s Castle” or “Harry Potter’s” castle, caught fire from the shelling of Odessa. Now the roof there has almost burned down.
Who is Serhii Kivalov?
Kivalov was elected as a People’s Deputy of Ukraine six times, headed the “Ukrainian Maritime Party”. In 2020, he ran for the post of mayor of Odesa, in the election campaign he promised to protect the Russian-speaking population.
In 2004, during the presidential elections, he headed the Central Election Commission.
Co-author of the law “On the principles of state language policy”, unofficially known as the “Kivalov-Kolesnichenko Law”.
On January 16, 2014, he voted for the “dictatorship laws” – a package of anti-democratic laws that significantly limited citizens’ rights and freedom of speech.
He was a member of the “Opposition Bloc” faction in the parliament.
President of the National University “Odesa Law Academy”, Doctor of Law Sciences.
In 2009, he was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship, and in 2013 he received the Pushkin Medal for his great contribution to the preservation and popularization of the Russian language and culture abroad.
- Tonight, the Russian army carried out a missile attack on Odessa. As a result of the attack, more than 30 people were injured, five were killed.
