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Russian opposition artist Robert Kuzovkov shot dead in Poland

newsJun 16, 2026243,093

Polish police said exiled political caricaturist Robert Kuzovkov, known as Semyon Skrepetsky, was found shot dead Wednesday in Biała Podlaska, a town near the Belarusian border. Prosecutors said Kuzovkov, 44, was shot five times, including once to the head, in an execution-style attack in a car park close to a Belarusian consulate. Kuzovkov gained attention for sharp political caricatures and protest actions that ridiculed Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov and the war in Ukraine, and he staged a solo anti-Putin demonstration in Berlin three days before his death. The killing underscores risks faced by exiled Russian critics in Europe and raises urgent questions about cross-border threats to Kremlin opponents.

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

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Xergg🍁46

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.

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

Burgunfaust21

No longer?! They never did.

Amanda Montagne19

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?

wasp15

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

stephthethird.bsky.social11

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.

Reinier Van Lanschot10

A video I made about these practitioners just last week ⤵️

Millie, or Mills if we’re friends7

They’ve always done that. They don’t leave someone alone just bc they’re in another country. Israel does the same for all war crimes witnesses on lists to testify at The Hague

NotSinister6

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

Michal5

A response to these murders should be increasing the help for Ukraine and expelling belarussian and russian assets from Poland.

robertjeff57-58.bsky.social5

Russia does that a lot

steve52.bsky.social5

Russia/USSR has been doing shit like this forever.

WSty5

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

Old Man Yao Guai4

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.

Tim Wiese4

Russia is a very backward country. The world would be a much better place if it didn't exist.

Ann T. Social3

Including the US. Who are just as bad.

suzy5008.bsky.social3

The pig Pinochet car bombed Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffit in Washington DC in 1976. Fucker got away with it, too.

Andrew Middleton3

China does it a lot too.

🍁 Christine 🍁2

Modi's doing that here in Canada and the US. They murdered one Sikh for sure and have many others on their list. Police are still issuing warnings to members of the Sikh community in Canada that their lives are in danger and our PM LIED about it so he could renew trade with the country. Sickening.

Victor144032

He didn't get far enough away. Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, wisely moved to the US. When asked why he hadn't moved to England instead, he pointed to other Russian critics who had been poisoned and killed in England.

lyffe-opayne.bsky.social2

These bastards have been waging a secret war against the EU for years. Sabotage, cyberattacks, and who knows what else.

Numbcat92

Oh man yeah Israel have been doing this since the late 40s or something. Wild.

Together We Win / Juntos Ganamos2

Former Soviet Dictator Stalin sent assassins to murder his exiled rival Leon Trotsky in Mexico. Russia has a long history of this, but never on the scale of today. Likewise, one other outlaw Regime does the same thing-Israel. Allowing Russians or Israelis entry in any nation brings danger to all.

KrisBCanadian🇨🇦❤️🫂🌈🇺🇦☮️2

They never did stop at their own borders. Do you remember the Sergei & Yulia Skripal case? England. Alexander Litvinenko? England. Alexander Perepilichnyy?Sergei Protosenya, wife and daughter in Spain. Yuri Voronov?

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