Russian opposition artist Robert Kuzovkov shot dead in Poland

newsJun 16, 2026181,377

Polish police found 44-year-old Russian opposition artist Robert Kuzovkov, who used the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, shot dead in the eastern town of Biała Podlaska near the Belarus border. Officers said Kuzovkov had been shot five times, including once to the head, and detained two Belarusian citizens in connection with the killing. Kuzovkov was known for satirical caricatures of Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko and Ramzan Kadyrov and had staged a solo anti-Putin protest in Berlin days earlier. Polish authorities opened a homicide investigation, highlighting concerns about cross-border targeting of critics and the safety of exiled dissidents in Europe.

Reinier Van Lanschot

@reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org

Authoritarian regimes are no longer stopping at their own borders. Today, they are actively tracking and silencing dissidents who have sought refuge right here in Europe. May you rest in peace Robert Kuzovkov. 🕊️ #StopTransnationalRepression

7254h ago

Xergg🍁18

rUssia never stayed in it's own borders. If you were russian and you were critical of the kremlin it never mattered what nation you lived in.

Burgunfaust11

No longer?! They never did.

Mø10

Russia has been doing this for decades. Quite a few murders here in the UK too.

Amanda Montagne9

An exiled critic of the current Russian regime has been murdered? Madness, such a thing has never happened before. Isn't that right, Leon Trotsky?

Reinier Van Lanschot6

A video I made about these practitioners just last week ⤵️

wasp5

literally every single Russian political opponent ever: dies in mysterious circumstances

NotSinister4

Crazy how many SOPs Ruzzia, Israel and the US share.

robertjeff57-58.bsky.social4

Russia does that a lot

Ann T. Social2

Including the US. Who are just as bad.

stephthethird.bsky.social2

Vlad's wasting the last of Russia's rubles on hits because his wee feelings were hurt? Pathetic. If these big, strong warmongers can't handle criticism, they could try being competent and/or emotionally regulated. Slava Ukraini.

steve52.bsky.social2

Russia/USSR has been doing shit like this forever.

WSty2

Russia/Putin has been long known to track down dissidents in other countries. This is not a new tactic for them.

Old Man Yao Guai2

Russia hasn't stopped at its borders for a long time. Death by poison used to be their MO. A message to other critics that no one is safe from the Kremlin.

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦

@maks23.bsky.social

❗️Russian action artist Semyon Skrepietsky was murdered in 🇵🇱Poland, - NEXTA He gained fame thanks to numerous political cartoons in which he harshly ridiculed the Russian leadership, in particular Putin and Kadyrov, and also criticized the war and post-Soviet reality in Russia.

25420h ago

Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen31

Dicktaters cannot stand to be ridiculed

Морті Маніту 🇺🇦 (🙏 for repost 🔁)24

Artist Semyon Skrepetsky shot/killed - Poland, 3 days before on Ruzzia Day he was in Berlin, where he staged a one-man protest with an icon-like caricature of Stalin and Putin. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

eliahraskin666.bsky.social13

There are so few decent Russians that every time one of them dies, it is truly a great tragedy

Torbjörn11

Murdered by one of the 600000 Russian "tourists" that EU let in every year? Sometimes EU is it own's worst enemy :-(

pndodge.bsky.social10

Let’s hope his killer is brought to justice.

Jake.P 🖖🇺🇦💙💛5

Hopefully the killer will be found. But something tells me that most probably that killer was hired by FSB.

Steve Herman

@newsguy.bsky.social

A Russian dissident artist and blogger known for his political caricatures of President Putin has been shot and killed in Poland. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/0...

984h ago

LastGreatAct 🇺🇦🇻🇪🇬🇱7

Putin is not going to stop until he is stopped.

44 is the one 🕳2

No 5th floor windows in Poland?

Natalka

@natalkakyiv.bsky.social

Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky was killed in Poland, three days after holding a solo anti-Putin protest featuring an icon-like caricature of Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin. Skrepetsky is known for his sharp criticism of Putin, the Kremlin, and Russia in general.

9919h ago

KerchBridgeBurner 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 N Ʌ F O5

Outstanding works of art. It's always incredible to me when authoritarians feel so threatened by art that they use violence against artists. It says a lot about how weak the authoritarians actually are.

Eliot Higgins

@eliothiggins.bsky.social

Russian artist and critic of Putin and Chechen leader shot dead in ⁠Poland www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

981h ago

January Weiner

@january3.github.io

Semyon Skrepetsky was an artist known for political paintings and happenings ridiculing putin and russian establishment. He was shot yesterday in Poland by "unknown" perpetrators who traveled there from Belarus. Read the alt text for explanations.

246h ago

kravietz 🦇

@kravietz.agora.echelon.pl.ap.brid.gy

#Russia refugee artist Simon Skrepetskiy was today shot to death in #Poland town of Biała Podlaska. His executors were captured near #Belarus consulate, they are citizens of Belarus. Only on 12 June Skrepetskiy participated in an anti-war protest in Berlin […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

Skrepetskiy showing a painting where Stalin feeds baby Putin

519h ago

Морті Маніту 🇺🇦 (🙏 for repost 🔁)

@mortymanitou.bsky.social

2418h ago

Notes from Poland

@notesfrompoland.bsky.social

A Russian man has been shot dead in Poland, with media reports indicating that he was an artist whose work ridiculed Vladimir Putin and that his killing appeared to be an “execution”. However, the Polish authorities have not yet officially identified the victim or any suspects.

1018h ago

sanneru.bsky.social

@sanneru.bsky.social

Semyon Skrepetsky Russian artist and Putin critic shot dead in Poland The channel wPolsce24 reported that Skrepetsky had been hit several times from a short distance. He was known for satirical portraits of Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Ramzan Kadyrov and late opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

610h ago

Mina Hanse

@mina-hanse.bsky.social

Artist Semyon Skreppetsky, known for political caricatures of Russian and Belarusian leaders, has reportedly been killed in Biała Podlaska, Poland. Skreppetsky recently performed a protest action near the Russian embassy in Berlin. t.me/astrapress/1...

716h ago

Muska

@muskam.bsky.social

Horrific news from Poland. Russian artist and cartoonist Semyon Skrepetsky, known for his sharp satire targeting Putin, Kadyrov and the Russian regime, has reportedly been killed in Biała Podlaska near the Belarusian border. SEE his FB profile www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

73h ago

Luca Trenta

@lucatrenta.bsky.social

'Police in Poland are investigating the execution-style murder of a Russian artist and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin.' www.bbc.com/news/article...

42h ago

Dr Paul M

@drpaulm.bsky.social

44-year-old Robert Kuzovkov, also known under the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was shot five times, including once to the head on Wednesday, in the eastern Polish town of Biala Podlaska close to the Belarusian border. Lets make this cartoon go viral Rest in peace, Robert.

33h ago

Steady Signals

@jsignals1.bsky.social

Russian artist , Exiled Semyon Skrepetsky, 44, real name Robert Kuzovkov, who regularly mocked Putin is shot dead in 'execution' www.dailymail.com/news/article...

43h ago

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