mr. voronenkov was shot four times and died at the scene. hours later the body of mr. ronenkov, his tan dress shoes still protruing from a black tarp, hours later his body remained on the spot as police investigated." we don't yet know anything about the character of this assassination. denis voronenkov until very recently was nobody's idea of a he was not an opposition figure until recently. he and his wife were members of parliament. his wife was in putin's party. they had been accused of the same garden-variety corruption and inexplicable wealth on government salaries that's a hallmark of the putin dictatorship but something soured for denis voronenkov and his wife very recently. they fled russia, they said they were fleeing in fear for their lives only in october. they renounced their russian citizenship, voronenkov got ukrainian citizenship in november, he has been denouncing russian corruption, taking back his own vote for the annexation of crimea. he spoke with radio free europe last month, he spoke with the "washington post" on tuesday. he had recently testified