Russian artist and Putin critic shot dead in Poland

hootz

Nothing to see here guys, we have already arrested the perpetrators, move along and hail Putin.

tartoran

That's so sad. I just looked up his artwork and it's hilarious. RIP Semyon Skrepetsky

self_awareness

I want to believe. https://vimeo.com/940390507

jasonvorhe

> Semyon Skrepetsky (born Robert Kuzovkov), a native of the Altai region, was known for his caricatures of politicians. He had drawn satirical portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. According to iStories, Skrepetsky had also criticized Ukrainian authorities and was listed in Ukraine’s Myrotvorets database, which designates individuals accused of crimes against Ukrainian national security. Misleading title.

0x59

headline makes it seem obvious who did it, but he didn't fall out of a window... so I'm going to wait for an investigation before I make up my mind

shevy-java

The KGB/FSB mafia is kind of in a state of war with the other european countries. These executions follow a very similar pattern. Two other I can think of are Selimchan Changoschwili in 2019 and Maxim Kusminow in 2024; with regards to the latter, perma-drunk Dmitry Medvedev babbled about "a dog's death to a dog" nonsense. Tie to this the genocide Putin commits presently against Ukrainians. I think there is no real "reasoning" possible with the current regime. It's not just Putin, naturally, but a whole parasitic society sitting and feeding on top of this mafia structure. Naturally a direct war is not really possible due to the mafia having access to nukes, but there has to be a complete shift - the diplomatic axis has to exist (no alternative to that from an objective view) while the military side also has to be strengthened, not only in Ukraine but all countries being close to Russia and the Belarus satellite state. Putin will never change as long as he is still alive. And even when he is gone, I have a slight feeling that it is more likely that one of the mafia group will take over anyway.

red-iron-pine

as Russia unravels further expect to see more of this

throwaw12

interesting selection of words by BBC. - when kids from Gaza got sniped by an Israeli: "Small number of kids found dead somewhere in the Middle East" - when single adult killed by Russians: "Putin critic shot dead in Poland" All lives matter, for some reason, BBC is afraid of other real criminals, who might be even more brutal than the Putin (haven't heard Russians deliberately sniping kids on a daily basis)

everdrive

Putin is uncowed, clearly. It's hard to know what the truth of things is. It's clear he's on his back heels in Ukraine and at home, but perhaps he still holds a strong position.

josefritzishere

There is a Streisand affect at play here. Putin dislikes the criticism but of course far more people will be now exposed to the work of Semyon Skrepetsky via this news cycle.

NoSalt

No, I'm shocked, I tell ya ... SHOCKED!