Russian Dissident Artist Robert Kuzovkov Killed in Poland

Russian political dissident and artist Robert Kuzovkov, known as Semyon Skrepetsky, was killed in Biala Podlaska, Poland, on June 15, 2026. He was 44. Polish prosecutors reported he was shot five times. Two Belarusian men were detained but not charged. Kuzovkov's art criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin, including a painting of Stalin holding a miniature Putin and a sculpture of Putin on all fours with a pencil. Days before his death, he protested outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin on June 12. His Facebook page featured anti-Putin works. The killing echoes Russia's crackdown on dissident artists, such as the imprisonment of Pussy Riot members in 2012.