Right Sector's Zakarpattia leader and former policeman sacked for inaptitude - Ukrainian Interior Ministry
KYIV. July 13 (Interfax) - The Zakarpattia branch of the Right Sector (a nationalist organization banned in Russia) is led by a 32-year-old former police officer, Roman Stoika, who was disciplined twice, in 2007 and 2009, while working in the force.
"In July 2009 he was dismissed from the force in accordance with Clause 64 ['professional inaptitude'] of the regulations for senior and rank-and-file police officers," the ministry's spokesperson said on Monday.
Stoika is a native of the village of Vyshkovo, Khust District, Zakarpattia region, the ministry said. In 2007, he graduated from Uzhhorod National University. He began working in the police in February 2005 as a detective at the criminal investigation unit at the Uzhhorod City Police Department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Directorate for the Zakarpattia region.
Stoika is "a key figure in the armed conflict in Mukacheve," the ministry said.
