A man carrying a Georgian passport has been arrested in Warsaw over the murder of an exiled Kremlin critic in Poland, authorities said. Police said the passport was issued to a 36-year-old Georgian citizen.
Russian artist Robert Kuzovkov, also known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was gunned down on Monday in the eastern Polish town of Biała Podlaska, near the Belarusian border.
Three days before he was killed, Kuzovkov staged a protest in Berlin, where he stood in front of a caricature depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin as a baby held by Soviet-era dictator Joseph Stalin, before placing a Russian flag bearing the country's coat of arms in a bin.
Kuzovkov, 44, moved to Poland in 2021, saying he did so to avoid political persecution in Russia.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the country's intelligence agency was working to establish the "mastermind" behind the killing in a post on X.
Counter-terrorism police were involved in the arrest of the suspect in Warsaw on Thursday morning.
Police said five shots were fired during the killing, which took place on Królowej Jadwigi Street.
Eyewitnesses told Polish public broadcaster TVP that Kuzovkov was walking his dog near his home when the attack took place.
Earlier on Thursday, Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Bartoszewski told Radio ZET that Chechens were also "potentially suspected".
Kuzovkov was known for creating satirical portraits of a range of political figures, including Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Two Belarusians who had previously been detained in connection with the case were released on Wednesday, according to the District Prosecutor's Office in Lublin.
Marcin Kozak, a spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office, said it had been confirmed that they had "no connection" to the case.
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