Poland: Arrest after Russian artist and Putin critic killed
Key takeaways
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Lublin police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of the Russian national and critical artist known as Semyon Skrepetsky.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5Fc1e Semyon Skrepetsky was in Berlin protesting on Russia Day less than a week before he was shot dead Image: Vasily Krestyaninov/SOPA Images/ZUMA/picture alliance Advertisement.
- The homicide of an artist who was critical of Russian, Soviet and Chechen leaders comes amid the heightened tensions amid President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Lublin police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of the Russian national and critical artist known as Semyon Skrepetsky. He said investigators were still seeking a "mastermind."
https://p.dw.com/p/5Fc1e Semyon Skrepetsky was in Berlin protesting on Russia Day less than a week before he was shot dead Image: Vasily Krestyaninov/SOPA Images/ZUMA/picture alliance Advertisement. A suspect has been detained in connection with the fatal shooting of a Russian national and subsversive artist earlier this week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.
The homicide of an artist who was critical of Russian, Soviet and Chechen leaders comes amid the heightened tensions amid President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.