Investigations by the BBC and the Financial Times have found that a series of arson attacks carried out in May 2025 against property connected to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was organized by Evgeny Lyukshin, a “young Russian diplomat” and the son of a senior Russian official. The Insider found that Lyukshin’s father is a chief adviser at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Situation and Crisis Center and is registered at a building inhabited by employees of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
On Monday, June 15, a London court convicted two men over their involvement in the arson attacks on Starmer’s property:
A Toyota that previously belonged to Keir Starmer after the arson attack
Three people were detained in the case, and earlier today a jury found two of them guilty: Roman Lavrynovych, a 22-year-old Ukrainian citizen, and Stanislav Carpiuc, a 27-year-old Romanian citizen of Ukrainian origin. Another suspect, Petro Pochynok, was acquitted.
From left: Petro Pochynok, Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc
