Russian Putin Critic Shot Dead In Poland; PM Raises Specter Of Political Assassination

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefWARSAW/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Poland was investigating Thursday the killing of a Russian artist and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the murder bore the hallmarks of a political assassination.Robert Kuzovkov, 44, known by the artistic pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was shot dead Monday near his home in the eastern Polish city of Biała Podlaska, close to the border with Belarus.“Everyth