The shooting in Biała Podlaska

Investigators say the killing happened on 15 June 2026, shortly before 10 a.m., on a pavement near Królowej Jadwigi Street in Biała Podlaska, Lublin Voivodeship. An unknown man approached Robert K., a 44-year-old Russian citizen, and fired at him with a short-barrelled weapon. Some of the shots came after the victim had collapsed, and the attacker then fled, leaving Robert K. dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination recorded seven gunshot wounds to the head, chest and back, five of them entry wounds and two exit wounds. Police and the Internal Security Agency (ABW) worked the case from the start, securing five cartridge cases, a bullet and other forensic traces at the scene. Media reports describe Robert K. as a Russian artist, caricaturist, performer and blogger known for satire aimed at Vladimir Putin's regime.

Entry wounds5

Exit wounds2

Entry wounds

5 wounds

Exit wounds

2 wounds

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The first arrest in June

Investigators detained a Georgian citizen, Elnur A., on 18 June. The following day a prosecutor charged him with the murder of Robert K., alleging that he fired five shots from a firearm. He was placed in temporary custody, which was later extended to 15 December 2026. Earlier reporting noted that a man carrying a Georgian passport had been detained in the case before the second arrest.

The second suspect and the charges

On 19 October, ABW officers from the Lublin branch detained Makhmud A., a 22-year-old Georgian, in a car park beside the A2 motorway. Prosecutors have charged him with aiding the murder, an act they say he carried out between 1 and 11 June 2026, before the shooting. He also faces a charge of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. He has not admitted guilt, and a court ordered him held in custody for three months. RMF FM, citing unofficial information, reported that he scouted the victim's home and passed details of the victim's habits to the shooter, a claim officials have not confirmed. RMF FM also reported that two other Georgians who travelled with him were handed to border guards and face ten-year entry bans.

Official statements

Tomasz Siemoniak, the minister coordinating special services, announced the arrest in a social media post on Thursday, 22 October. He said the investigation is developing. The case is handled by the ABW's Lublin branch together with police, under the supervision of the National Prosecutor's Office. The prosecution's spokesman, Przemysław Nowak, gave the details of the arrest in a statement.

“ABW officers detained a second suspect in the murder of a Russian citizen in Biała Podlaska, which took place in June this year.”

Nowak described the second arrest in the prosecution's official communique.

“On 19 October 2026 ABW officers from the Lublin branch detained Makhmud A., a 22-year-old Georgian citizen, in the car park by the A2 motorway.”