Killing of Russian artist in Poland has hallmarks of political assassination, prime minister says
Polish officials say the artist was shot multiple times and investigators are treating the killing as a possible political murder.
- On Monday, Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky was shot and killed near his home in Biala Podlaska, Poland; Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday the incident has hallmarks of a likely political assassination.
- Skrepetsky was known for provocative caricatures targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and other prominent figures; Polish prosecutors said his art 'expressed criticism of the current policies of the Russian authorities.'
- An unidentified gunman shot the artist five times at close range on Monday morning, and Tusk noted Polish authorities had previously offered him protection, which he declined.
- Police investigated two Belarusian citizens in connection with the killing but released them Tuesday after finding no evidence of their direct involvement, according to Tusk.
- Investigations remain ongoing as Tusk emphasized that if Russian operatives ordered the killing, it would be an 'extremely serious matter internationally,' echoing previous attacks on dissidents abroad.
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Polish authorities arrested a 36-year-old man on June 18 on suspicion of assassinating a caricaturist and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on June 17 that it was too early to say if the killing of Robert Kuzovkov, a 44-year-old Russian artist who used the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, in the town of Biala Podlaska in eastern Poland on June 15 was a political assassination. “Everything points to th…
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gelderlander.nlA man was arrested in Poland on Thursday on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a Russian artist, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported. The Putin critic was shot dead on Tuesday in eastern Poland.
Russian Putin Critic Shot Dead In Poland; PM Raises Specter Of Political Assassination
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief WARSAW/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Poland was investigating Thursday the killing of a Russian artist and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the murder bore the hallmarks of a political assassination. Robert Kuzovkov, 44, known by the artistic pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was shot dead Monday near his home in the eastern Polish city of Biała Podl…
Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky was a corrosive critic of the Kremlin and Russian nationalism. His murder in Polish exile raises questions.
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