A suspect in the fatal shooting of a Russian activist critical of Vladimir Putin has been arrested in Poland. Officials said they believe there may be a link to the man and a foreign intelligence service. Robert Kuzovkov was killed on Monday in Poland in what is seen as part of a possible Russian sabotage campaign in Nato nations. The suspect, a 36-year-old with a Georgian passport, is allegedly linked to organised crime, Polish officials said. Kuzovkov, who died of gunshot wounds to the head, chest and back, had painted unflattering caricatures of Putin and high-ranking Russian officials. One depicts Putin being cradled in the arms of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. He had refused offers of protection by Polish authorities. The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the killing appears to be a political assassination, possibly ordered by Russia.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Kyiv’s biggest air raid on Moscow since the start of the war as revenge for Russia’s strike on a historic Kyiv monastery earlier this week. Ukrainian drones hit several locations across Moscow, setting a major oil refinery on fire and forcing evacuations at the city’s airport. Russia’s foreign minister announced it would launch huge “group strikes” on Ukraine “on a regular basis” in response to the raid. Peter Beaumont, Pjotr Sauer and Jennifer Rankin have covered the scope of the attack. And Pjotr Sauer has analysed the significance of the Moscow assault, and its likely reprisals.
