Vadim Titushko Named Vice President of Kyiv Region MMA Federation
In 2013 he received a suspended sentence for attacking journalists.
Athlete Vadim Titushko, who was sentenced to prison for attacking journalists, has been appointed vice president of the Kyiv Region Mixed Martial Arts Federation. The Bila Tserkva Mixed Martial Arts Federation reported this on Facebook, but later deleted the post.
Titushko himself is from Bila Tserkva.
In May 2013, Vadim, a hand-to-hand combat master, attacked journalists Olga Snytsarchuk and Vlad Sodel during the "Stand Up, Ukraine" rally. Several other athletes from Bila Tserkva were with him and also attacked media representatives.
For the crime, Titushko was sentenced to three years in prison, but the sentence was later replaced with a suspended one. After that incident, muscular men who take part in provocations against various protests and rallies, often on the side of officials and law enforcement, have been called "titushky".
Titushko then became a hand-to-hand combat coach and got a job at one of the security firms in Kyiv. Later, in 2018, it became known that Vadim was suspected of assaults and robberies as part of a criminal group.
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