Ukrainians bid farewell to singer

KYIV – Hundreds of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv on February 3 to remember singer Andriy Kuzmenko, better known by his stage name Skryabin, who was killed in a car crash on February 2. Police said his car collided with a milk tanker. The 47-year-old was hugely popular in Ukraine, and like many Ukrainian musicians had also been politically active – recently playing a benefit concert to raise money for the Ukrainian military. A videoclip of the remembrance in the city center, in which mourners refer to him as a true patriot and one of a kind, is available at http://www.rferl.org/media/video/ukraine-skryabin/26827821.html. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)