Poland’s prosecutors charge alleged accomplice in cartoonist’s murder
The arrest extends the case beyond the man already charged with the June killing, with a court ordering the alleged accomplice held for three months.
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The arrest extends the case beyond the man already charged with the June killing, with a court ordering the alleged accomplice held for three months.
Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office has charged a second suspect in the murder of exiled Russian cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov. Makhmud A, a 22-year-old Georgian citizen, is accused of aiding and abetting the killing and illegally possessing firearms and ammunition. The Internal Security Agency, known as ABW, arrested him on 19 October in a car park along the A2 motorway, prosecutors said.
Kuzovkov, 44, was shot dead near his home in Biała Podlaska in eastern Poland on 15 June 2026. The first suspect, 36-year-old Elnur A, was arrested within 72 hours and charged with murder the following day. He remains in custody.
Prosecutors allege that Makhmud A took actions between 1 and 11 June that helped Elnur A carry out the murder. A spokeswoman for the district court in Lublin told broadcaster TVN that Makhmud A allegedly supplied a weapon, transport and a mobile phone with an application that enabled the monitoring of Kuzovkov’s vehicle.
A court ordered Makhmud A held for three months before trial. Prosecutors argued that he could otherwise flee, hide or unlawfully obstruct proceedings. Poland’s secret service chief Tomasz Siemoniak announced the arrest on Thursday. The detention order is not a finding of guilt, and Makhmud A’s alleged role has not been established in court.
Kuzovkov drew satirical cartoons criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin and fled Russia in 2021 over fears of political persecution. Before his death, Kuzovkov said on social media that he had received death threats from supporters of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, another subject of his cartoons.
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