28 December 2004 -- Media are reporting that Ukrainian Transport Minister Heorhiy Kirpa was found dead yesterday in his cottage near the capital Kyiv.
Russia's RIA-Novosti news agency and Ukraine's Channel 5 television quoted Kirpa's spokesman Eduard Zanyuk as saying the death was caused by one or several gunshots.
No further details were immediately available.
Kirpa had been transport minister since 2002.
No further details were immediately available.
Kirpa had been transport minister since 2002.