13:11, 18 June 2026

A suspect in the murder of artist Skrepetsky has been detained.

A man with a Georgian passport has been arrested near Warsaw in connection with the murder of cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky), whose work mocked the Kadyrov family, among other things.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the works of artist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky), who was murdered in Poland, are virtually unknown in Chechnya, but the republic's authorities may have perceived them as offensive and used his murder as a message to other Kadyrov critics in Europe. Skrepetsky actively drew caricatures of political figures, including Ramzan Kadyrov, his son Adam, and Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov. And shortly before his murder, on June 14, he commented on his Telegram channel on the re-assignment of the title of Hero of Chechnya to Adam Kadyrov, publishing one of his paintings - in it, father and son Kadyrov are depicted with pig snouts, ears and hooves. Two Belarusian citizens were detained in connection with the case, but they were released.

On June 16, it was reported that Russian artist Robert Kuzovkov, known under the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, who drew caricatures of Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin, was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska. Social media users noted that Kuzovkov's death only increased interest in his work and gave new resonance to the themes he touched on in his work, commenting on the murder of the artist who drew the Kadyrov caricatures. The artist's acquaintances are certain the murder was politically motivated, and the prosecutor's office has announced several theories, but has not disclosed them. The artist harshly ridiculed not only the authorities of Russia, Belarus, and Chechnya, but also Ukraine and the Russian opposition in his paintings and publications.

Lublin police and the Internal Security Agency (ABV) have detained a man suspected of involvement in the murder of a Russian citizen in Biała Podlaska. He is using a Georgian passport. Authorities are working to identify the perpetrator, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced today on his X page.

This morning, near Warsaw, police officers from the Special Investigation Team of the Lublin Regional Police Headquarters detained a man suspected of murdering a 44-year-old Russian citizen in Biała Podlaska. The detained man is using a passport issued to a 36-year-old Georgian citizen, the Polish police press service reported on its website.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/424208