{"id":551358,"date":"2026-06-16T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=551358"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:20:31","slug":"russian-artist-killed-in-poland-was-the-author-of-a-series-of-caricatures-of-lukashenka-photo-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/russian-artist-killed-in-poland-was-the-author-of-a-series-of-caricatures-of-lukashenka-photo-feature","title":{"rendered":"Russian Artist Killed in Poland Was the Author of a Series of Caricatures of Lukashenka \u2013 Photo Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Russian caricaturist <b>Semyon Skrepetsky<\/b>\u00a0(real name \u2014\u00a0<b>Robert Kuzovkov<\/b>), who was known for his caricatures of political leaders including <strong><b>Vladimir Putin<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Ramzan Kadyrov<\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b>Alexei Navalny<\/b><\/strong>, was <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/russian-artist-shot-dead-in-biala-podlaska\">killed<\/a> in the Polish city of Bia\u0142a Podlaska. The artist staged decolonial protest actions in various cities across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, he supported the Belarusian protests. The publication Nasha Niva has <a href=\"https:\/\/nashaniva.com\/397716\">compiled<\/a> a selection of his caricatures of Lukashenka.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-551317 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-970ra.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-970ra.jpg.webp 840w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-970ra.jpg-227x300.webp 227w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-970ra.jpg-776x1024.webp 776w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-970ra.jpg-768x1013.webp 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-970ra.jpg-303x400.webp 303w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/11-970ra.jpg-606x800.webp 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-551318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22-n01ng.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22-n01ng.jpg.webp 732w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22-n01ng.jpg-211x300.webp 211w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22-n01ng.jpg-719x1024.webp 719w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22-n01ng.jpg-281x400.webp 281w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22-n01ng.jpg-561x800.webp 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-551319 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55-un0j8.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55-un0j8.jpg.webp 732w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55-un0j8.jpg-197x300.webp 197w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55-un0j8.jpg-673x1024.webp 673w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55-un0j8.jpg-263x400.webp 263w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55-un0j8.jpg-526x800.webp 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_551320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-551320\" style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-551320\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/66-cou6z.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/66-cou6z.jpg.webp 732w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/66-cou6z.jpg-236x300.webp 236w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/66-cou6z.jpg-315x400.webp 315w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/66-cou6z.jpg-630x800.webp 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-551320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Nasha Niva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to local police, 44-year-old caricaturist <b>Semyon Skrepetsky<\/b>\u00a0was killed by several gunshots. It recently <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/two-belarusian-citizens-detained-in-investigation-into-murder-of-artist-skrepetsky-in-poland\">became known<\/a> that Polish law enforcement authorities had detained two Belarusian citizens as part of the murder investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian caricaturist Semyon Skrepetsky\u00a0(real name \u2014\u00a0Robert Kuzovkov), who was known for his caricatures of political leaders including Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov and Alexei Navalny, was killed in the Polish city of Bia\u0142a Podlaska. The artist staged decolonial protest actions in various cities across Europe. At one point, he supported the Belarusian protests. The publication Nasha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":551357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a313183119c7.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Russian Artist Killed in Poland Was the Author of a Series of Caricatures of Lukashenka \u2013 Photo Feature"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}