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In a publicly debated move in 2003, the President placed paramilitary railroad armed forces under the direction of Kirpa. Kirpa was a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and the British Broadcasting Corporation described him as "one of the most influential figures" in Yanukovych"s government. Heorhiy Kirpa was found shot dead at his holiday home in Bortnychi (the outskirt of Kiev), on December 27, 2004.
The official police report states that Kirpa committed suicide.
Late December 2009 the Southwestern Railways requested the Kiev City Council to rename Petrozavodska Street, which is located in the Solomianskyi Raion of Kiev, as Heorhiy Kirpa Street. The Bortnychi railway station, the closest to Kirpa"s residence and death place, was renamed "Heorhiy Kirpa Station" in his honor by Ukrzaliznytsia.