Russian Artist Semyon Skrepetsky Shot Dead in Eastern Poland
Biała Podlaska, Poland
Piotr PYRKOSZ / Slowo Podlasia / AFP via Getty Images/Getty
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June 15, 2026
Investigation and uncertainty ongoing: Polish authorities had not officially identified suspects or a motive and appealed for witnesses while media noted the killing had the hallmarks of an execution; police said they were still searching for suspects and some reported detainees were released.
June 15, 2026
Artist shot in Biala Podlaska: On Monday morning police in Biala Podlaska received reports of a man shot near the city centre; paramedics were unable to save the victim, later identified by outlets as 44-year-old Semyon Skrepetsky, and witnesses and channels reported the attackers fled the scene.
June 12, 2026
Berlin protest days earlier: Three days before he was killed, on Russia Day, Skrepetsky traveled to Berlin and staged a one-man protest holding an icon-like caricature of Stalin and Putin, and took part in a protest outside the Russian embassy the prior week.
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June 15, 2026
Investigation and uncertainty ongoing: Polish authorities had not officially identified suspects or a motive and appealed for witnesses while media noted the killing had the hallmarks of an execution; police said they were still searching for suspects and some reported detainees were released.
June 15, 2026
Artist shot in Biala Podlaska: On Monday morning police in Biala Podlaska received reports of a man shot near the city centre; paramedics were unable to save the victim, later identified by outlets as 44-year-old Semyon Skrepetsky, and witnesses and channels reported the attackers fled the scene.
June 12, 2026
Berlin protest days earlier: Three days before he was killed, on Russia Day, Skrepetsky traveled to Berlin and staged a one-man protest holding an icon-like caricature of Stalin and Putin, and took part in a protest outside the Russian embassy the prior week.
