Posted on 05/21/2025 12:36:13 PM PDT by Red Badger
Former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov, a top adviser to ousted President Viktor Yanukovych (thanks, CIA!), was shot dead this morning outside the American School of Madrid shortly after student drop-off.
Spanish media reports that 2-3 suspects are being hunted. Portnov faced treason charges in Ukraine and was accused of collaborating with Russia ... Former president Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014.
According to the US Treasury Department, Portnov was "credibly accused of using his influence to buy access and decisions in Ukraine's courts and undermining reform effort." He was sanctioned by the US for corruption and bribery in 2021 under the Magnitsky Act. According to CNN, the Magnitsky Act "blocks entry into the US and freezes the assets of certain Russian and pro-Russian government officials and businessmen accused of human rights violations." Portnov also had his assets frozen by Canada in 2014.
He was never sanctioned by Ukraine, though the country did open an investigation into his ties to the Russian annexation of Ukraine -- a case which was later closed.
Yanukovych was driven from office by mass demonstrations in Ukraine in 2014 after he turned his back on the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia.
Yanukovych then fled Ukraine for Russia, along with Portnov and other high-level former officials in the wake of the 2014 pro-democracy, pro-European Maidan protests. Portnov later returned to Ukraine in 2019.
Portnov would later move to Spain.
What's more,
In 2015, CNN reported on two high-profile shooting deaths in the Ukrainian capital - one of a former member of parliament with ties to Yanukovych, the other of a Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views.
At the time, those killings renewed speculation about a conspiracy to kill people close to Yanukovych, after three former members of parliament from his political party died by suspected suicide, found dead in their homes.
So this is nothing new in the world of Ukraine-Russia politics.
The suspects are still on the loose after fleeing into a wooded area outside of the school in the Madrid suburb of Pozuelo de Alaracon.
Doing exactly what they accuse Russians of doing. Build a fence around that crap hole. Let no one out.
Sounds like this fellow has been a political outsider in his country, since at least 2014. Maybe he remained influential behind the scenes. Unclear if Z is planning to attend the Wake or the funeral.
A Zelvis hit squad.
What’s more,
In 2015, CNN reported on two high-profile shooting deaths in the Ukrainian capital - one of a former member of parliament with ties to Yanukovych, the other of a Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views.
At the time, those killings renewed speculation about a conspiracy to kill people close to Yanukovych, after three former members of parliament from his political party died by suspected suicide, found dead in their homes.
So this is nothing new in the world of Ukraine-Russia politics.
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cleaning up loose ends from maidan color revolution in 2014?
where’s victoria “nasty” nuland these days?
That’s what dictators do to anyone who might challenge their hold on power.
Ukraine is a hotbed of terrorism. Guaranteed our CIA, or British MI-6 located him for the Uke assassination squad. Wonder if he is on that Ukrainian hit list website?
Your prejudices are leading to an absurd conclusion. This guy was a confidant of the leader of the PRO-RUSSIAN elected government of Ukraine. Putin didn’t order a hit on someone who could have played a Russophile role in post-war Ukrainian government. This was a hit either by Ukraine or more likely European globalists who want to eliminate potential leaders either elected or installed by Russia after the defeat of Ukraine.
Most likely, a Putin hit-job, making sure he isn't captured or brought in for investigation of the Yanukovych/Putin regime installed in Ukraine against the will of the Ukrainian people.
I suspect that a more likely and logical group of assassins were monkeys that came out of your nether regions. Look up Occam's razor, adorno. You know good and well that it was a Ukrainian hit team like the others in the past.
Always safer shooting at Russians up close.
Sounds like the EU is “clearing the field” for an upcoming Ukrainian election.
...so, business as usual.
It’s impressive, the mental convolutions people will put themselves through to hang onto their prejudices. I guess if a Trump ally drops dead, by your logic it will be Trump that ordered the hit because (made up reason).
They couldn’t find a high rise for him to fall out of a window.
If you are prejudiced against dictators why are you acting as if in service to them? Putin is a genuinely popular leader who wins his elections by a strong margin (and people in a position like that don’t need to cheat to win, like the people polling below 50%). By contrast your globalist elites that rule Europe, banning political parties and opposition leaders and arresting thousands for speech violations are the real dictators. You are naive if you think they are not murdering opponents like this and the others mentioned in the article. Claiming President Putin kills allies because of imaginary risks just marks you as an irrational zealot in your defense of leftist autocracy.
His number one piece of advice was:
Вам не потрібен вбудований захисний жилет. Ви будете добре.
“You don’t need a bullet proof vest. You’ll be fine.”
Investigation by whom?
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