Talis Kitsing was an Estonian kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 trainer

Athletic trainer

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 and a member of the Estonian Reform Party

Estonian Reform Party

The Estonian Reform Party is a centre-right, free market liberal party in Estonia. It is led by Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and has 33 members in the 101-member Riigikogu, making it the largest party in the legislature...

 and later Estonian Independence Party

Estonian Independence Party

The Estonian Independence Party is a nationalist political party in Estonia. The party, founded in 1999, is a successor to the Estonian Future Party. One of the principal aims of the party is the withdrawal of Estonia from the European Union. The party is currently without parliamentary...

. He was best known for his participation in the reality TV

Reality television

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 show Baar

Baar (reality TV)

Baar was the name of an Estonian reality TV programme that ran on Kanal 2 in the season 2004–2005.It led to establishment of several celebrities, including two later politicians — Paavo Pärn and Talis Kitsing from Estonian Reform Party...

(The Bar).

Kitsing joined Reform Party in 2005, but left it to join Independence Party in June 2009. He has said that he thinks all parties in power are corrupt, and that he values nationalism

Nationalism

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.

He left Reform Party after posting links to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a fraudulent, antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for achieving global domination. It was first published in Russia in 1903, translated into multiple languages, and disseminated internationally in the early part of the twentieth century...

on his blog, to which the Party did not react well. Kitsing said it was meant as provocation.

Kitsing died on July 23 or 24, 2009, in his home. He was 33 years old, and reportedly in good health, but he was asthma

Asthma

Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...

tic. Cause of death is still unknown or not revealed to the public. His death was confirmed to be non-violent.

After his death, Independence Party published a press release stating that they can "definitely" say that Kitsing's death was "NOT suicide" and that it "could have been a political murder".

External links

• Talis Kitsing's blog (in Estonian)