{"id":1792739,"date":"2026-02-25T19:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1792739"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:47:28","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-germany-in-2025-ukrainian-aides-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1792739","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in Germany in 2025 Ukrainian aide’s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrii Portnov was close to Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014 [File photo: May 21, 2025]Image: Paul White\/AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A person\u00a0suspected of killing a former Ukrainian pro-Russian politician<\/a> outside a wealthy suburb of Madrid in 2025 was arrested in Germany by Spanish and German police, Spain’s National Police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested in Heinsberg, a German town close to the Dutch border, police said, without providing additional specifics of the arrest.<\/p>\n

The politician, Andrii\u00a0Portnov, was a senior aide to Viktor \u200cYanukovych, a former Ukrainian president\u00a0with close ties to Moscow.<\/p>\n

Yanukovych was ousted in the 2014 Maidan revolution, where Ukrainians protested the president’s decision to pull Ukraine away from the\u00a0European Union and closer to Russia. He fled Ukraine for Russia in 2014.<\/p>\n

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Andrii Portnov was thought to have returned to Ukraine after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s election in 2019, but left again (Photo: 2013)Image: REUTERS<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ukrainian politician was shot several times outside school in June 2025<\/h2>\n

Portnov was shot several times in the back and the head in June 2025 as he was getting into a vehicle outside\u00a0the American School of Madrid, where at least one of his children was enrolled.<\/p>\n

Spain’s Interior Ministry said Portnov, who was 51, was shot just\u00a0as children were arriving at the school, in a wealthy suburb of the Spanish capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spanish police released no details about the detained suspect, saying only that the investigation points to them as the person who fired the shots.<\/p>\n

Portnov left for Russia in 2014 and \u2060later \u200bfaced\u00a0investigations in Ukraine on \u200baccusations of treason and embezzlement. He was placed under European Union sanctions, though both the charges and the sanctions were eventually dropped.<\/p>\n

The US Treasury Department added Portnov to its sanctions list in 2021, saying he had\u00a0“cultivated extensive connections to\u00a0Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through\u00a0bribery.”<\/p>\n

Edited by: Sean Sinico\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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A person\u00a0suspected of killing a former Ukrainian pro-Russian politician<\/a> outside a wealthy suburb of Madrid in 2025 was arrested in Germany by Spanish and German police, Spain’s National Police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested in Heinsberg, a German town close to the Dutch border, police said, without providing additional specifics of the arrest.<\/p>\n

The politician, Andrii\u00a0Portnov, was a senior aide to Viktor \u200cYanukovych, a former Ukrainian president\u00a0with close ties to Moscow.<\/p>\n

Yanukovych was ousted in the 2014 Maidan revolution, where Ukrainians protested the president’s decision to pull Ukraine away from the\u00a0European Union and closer to Russia. He fled Ukraine for Russia in 2014.<\/p>\n

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Andrii Portnov was thought to have returned to Ukraine after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s election in 2019, but left again (Photo: 2013)Image: REUTERS<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ukrainian politician was shot several times outside school in June 2025<\/h2>\n

Portnov was shot several times in the back and the head in June 2025 as he was getting into a vehicle outside\u00a0the American School of Madrid, where at least one of his children was enrolled.<\/p>\n

Spain’s Interior Ministry said Portnov, who was 51, was shot just\u00a0as children were arriving at the school, in a wealthy suburb of the Spanish capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spanish police released no details about the detained suspect, saying only that the investigation points to them as the person who fired the shots.<\/p>\n

Portnov left for Russia in 2014 and \u2060later \u200bfaced\u00a0investigations in Ukraine on \u200baccusations of treason and embezzlement. He was placed under European Union sanctions, though both the charges and the sanctions were eventually dropped.<\/p>\n

The US Treasury Department added Portnov to its sanctions list in 2021, saying he had\u00a0“cultivated extensive connections to\u00a0Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through\u00a0bribery.”<\/p>\n

Edited by: Sean Sinico\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A person\u00a0suspected of killing a former Ukrainian pro-Russian politician<\/a> outside a wealthy suburb of Madrid in 2025 was arrested in Germany by Spanish and German police, Spain’s National Police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested in Heinsberg, a German town close to the Dutch border, police said, without providing additional specifics of the arrest.<\/p>\n

The politician, Andrii\u00a0Portnov, was a senior aide to Viktor \u200cYanukovych, a former Ukrainian president\u00a0with close ties to Moscow.<\/p>\n

Yanukovych was ousted in the 2014 Maidan revolution, where Ukrainians protested the president’s decision to pull Ukraine away from the\u00a0European Union and closer to Russia. He fled Ukraine for Russia in 2014.<\/p>\n

Portnov was shot several times in the back and the head in June 2025 as he was getting into a vehicle outside\u00a0the American School of Madrid, where at least one of his children was enrolled.<\/p>\n

Spain’s Interior Ministry said Portnov, who was 51, was shot just\u00a0as children were arriving at the school, in a wealthy suburb of the Spanish capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spanish police released no details about the detained suspect, saying only that the investigation points to them as the person who fired the shots.<\/p>\n

Portnov left for Russia in 2014 and \u2060later \u200bfaced\u00a0investigations in Ukraine on \u200baccusations of treason and embezzlement. He was placed under European Union sanctions, though both the charges and the sanctions were eventually dropped.<\/p>\n

The US Treasury Department added Portnov to its sanctions list in 2021, saying he had\u00a0“cultivated extensive connections to\u00a0Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through\u00a0bribery.”<\/p>\n

Edited by: Sean Sinico\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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