The assassination of Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky in Poland following an anti-Putin protest in Berlin highlights the risks faced by political dissidents in Russia and neighboring countries.

Days after a one-man anti-Kremlin protest in Berlin with an icon-like caricature of Stalin and Putin, Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky was gunned down in a Polish city near the Belarusian border. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/06/15/russian-satirist-semyon-skrepetsky-shot-dead-in-poland-three-days-after-anti-putin-protest-in-berlin

Three days before he was shot dead in Poland, Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky staged a protest in Berlin, holding a painting of Putin in Stalin’s arms. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/06/16/a-political-execution-russian-satirist-semyon-skrepetsky-mocked-putin-and-kadyrov-in-his-caricatures-he-was-shot-dead-in-poland-three-days-after-an-anti-putin-protest-in-berlin