June 17, 2026
Police work at a crime scene covered with a tent (back R) in Biala Podlaska, eastern Poland on June 16, 2026, where Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky, known for his satirising Russian President Putin has been shot dead.
Piotr Pyrkosz / SLOWO PODLASIA / AFP
The fatal shooting in eastern Poland of a Russian artist known for his caricatures of President Vladimir Putin was likely politically motivated, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday.
"All indications are that this is a political murder," Tusk said of the murder of Semyon Skrepetsky, whose real name is Robert Kuzovkov.
