When the artist, Robert Kuzovkov, fell to the ground, he was approached by the assailant, who fired two more shots at close range.
June 16, 2026
Robert Kuzovkov
Robert Kuzovkov, Russian artist known for his satirising President Vladimir Putin has been shot dead in eastern Poland, officials said on Tuesday.
“An investigation is being conducted… into the murder of a 44-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation… known in the media as Semyon Skrepetsky,” a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Lublin, Marcin Kozak, told journalists.
Two Belarusian nationals have been arrested in connection with the killing, he added.
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Two Belarusians detained over attack on Robert Kuzovkov, who is also known as Semyon Skrepetsky
