Polish police have arrested a man suspected of participating in the murder of a Russian artist critical of Putin, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.
The suspect in the murder, which took place on Monday, “is using a Georgian passport”, Tusk wrote on X.
“Services are working to establish the mastermind,” he added.
Semyon Skrepetsky, whose real name is Robert Kuzovkov, was fatally shot three times by an unidentified man armed with a handgun in Biala Podlaska, eastern Poland, according to officials.
When the artist fell to the ground, he was approached by the assailant, who fired two more shots at close range.
Tusk said on Wednesday the artist’s death was probably a “political murder”.
“If it was commissioned by Russia, then this is also a very serious matter with an international dimension,” he continued.
The Polish government says it offered Skrepetsky protection in the past, which he declined.
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