US EditionPro-Russian Former Ukrainian Politician Assassinated Outside Madrid School
- Andriy Portnov, a 51-year-old former Ukrainian politician, was fatally shot on Wednesday while dropping off his child at a school in the upscale Pozuelo district of Madrid.
- Portnov was a senior aide to ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and was reportedly shot while dropping off his daughter at school.
- Portnov was widely known as a court fixer who used influence to buy court decisions and undermine reforms, and he faced sanctions in the EU, Canada, and the US after 2014.
- Police received the shooting call at 9:15 am local time, and witnesses described the killing as a 'professional hit' with the gunman firing while Portnov was on the ground.
- Spanish authorities have launched an ongoing investigation led by the Brigada de Información, the unit tackling terrorism and hate crimes in Spain.
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Andriy Portnov, Grey Eminence of Yanukovich Era in Ukraine, Shot Dead in Spain
Honni in Ukraine, this lawyer, former deputy head of the presidential administration at the time of Viktor Yanukovych, had fled to Russia after the Maydan revolution in 2014. Many viewed him as the one who, in the shadows, still drew strings from corruption cases in Ukrainian courts.
·Paris, France
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All that Is Known so Far About the Murder of Andriy Portnov in Pozuelo De Alarcón (Madrid): the Attackers Could Be From the Russian Secret Services
The former advisor of the pro-Russian Yanukovych was shot in front of the exclusive American College after leaving his daughters; police investigate a possible political motive
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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