Killing the Joke – the Assassination of a Russian Cartoonist
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Killing the joke – the assassination of a Russian cartoonist
Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky may have achieved exactly the wrong level of fame. He was prominent enough to be known to the Kremlin – and to annoy them – but not so renowned that his murder would trigger a major diplomatic outcry. That, at least, is what one Russian artist I spoke to this week believed about his killing on Monday. Skrepetsky, whose real name was Robert Kuzovkov, was known for his political caricatures. He drew satirical portr…
A Russian cartoonist, known as Semyon Skrepetsky, was killed while walking his dog in Biała Podlaska, a Polish town close to the Belarusian border. He received five bullets in his head, chest and back. Clearly, this is a professional murder. The victim is well known in the Russian world for his drawings of Putin as well as other dictators like Lukashenko and Kadyrov. He had fled Russia in 2021 and chose to settle in Poland.
Satirist Semyon Skrepetsky ridiculed Putin, Zelensky, and the Russian opposition. Polish media mainly write about the Kremlin's trail. Meanwhile, the list of Ukraine's enemies includes the note "liquidated" next to the name of the deceased.
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