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#Russia refugee artist Simon Skrepetskiy was today shot to death in #Poland town of Biała Podlaska. His executors were captured near #Belarus consulate, they are citizens of Belarus.

Only on 12 June Skrepetskiy participated in an anti-war protest in Berlin, he received death threats from Russia, Chechnya etc. Large part of his caricatures focused on the corruption in Russia.

Sources:

• https://podlaski.info/2026/06/15/egzekucja-w-bialej-podlaskiej-czy-w-polsce-dopadly-go-macki-kremla-kulisy-zabojstwa-barda/?cn-reloaded=1&cn-reloaded=1 (in Polish)
• https://meduza.io/news/2026/06/15/v-polshe-ubit-hudozhnik-aktsionist-semen-skrepetskiy-on-risoval-karikatury-na-putina-lukashenko-i-navalnogo (in Russian)