Biała Podlaska
- Jun 20
Georgian suspect in murder of Putin critic Kuzowkow remanded for three months in Poland
A 36-year-old Georgian citizen has been charged with the execution-style murder of Russian caricaturist Robert Kuzowkow, known for mocking Putin, in Biała Podlaska.
- Jun 18
Poland arrests suspect in daylight killing of Russian Putin critic in Biała Podlaska as Tusk raises spectre of state-ordered murder
Polish counter-terrorism officers stormed a hostel near Warsaw early Thursday and seized a 36-year-old man with a Georgian passport believed to be the gunman who shot Russian artist Siemion Skrepecki dead on a parking lot three days earlier. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the killing may be Poland's first political assassination ordered by a foreign state.
- Jun 16
Exiled Russian caricaturist shot dead in eastern Poland; Tusk calls it a political murder
Semyon Skrepetsky, a 44-year-old Russian exile known for caricatures mocking Vladimir Putin, was shot five times at close range in Biała Podlaska on Monday. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said all indications point to a political assassination.
- Jun 15
Russian Kremlin critic Siemion Skrepetski shot dead in broad daylight in eastern Poland, two Belarusians detained
Siemion Skrepetski, a 44-year-old Russian performance artist who openly ridiculed Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin, was gunned down on a pavement in Biała Podlaska on 15 June. Investigators say the attack bore the hallmarks of an execution, days after his latest anti-Kremlin stunt in Berlin.
