{"id":60153,"date":"2026-06-15T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-artist-critical-of-putin-shot-dead-in-eastern-poland\/15\/06\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T20:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:22:16","slug":"russian-artist-critical-of-putin-shot-dead-in-eastern-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-artist-critical-of-putin-shot-dead-in-eastern-poland\/15\/06\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian artist critical of Putin shot dead in eastern Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Russian artist and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin was shot dead in eastern Poland, police said on Monday, in what authorities described as a likely targeted killing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 44-year-old man was shot several times in the city of Bia\u0142a Podlaska, about 35 kilometres from the border with Belarus, a police spokesman in the Lublin region told Poland&#8217;s PAP news agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Based on the circumstances, it appeared to have been a planned killing, the spokesman said, adding that investigators had not yet established a motive. 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