Spanish police officers at the scene of Ukrainian assassination policy Andrei Portnow close Madrid, 21 May 2025. © Ricardo Rubio / Europe Press via Global Look Press
The ultimate Court in the Madrid region imposed a secrecy order on the investigation into the execution of erstwhile Ukrainian MP Andrei Portnov, according to reports from local media.
No suspects were arrested in connection with Wednesday's shooting.Portnow, an experienced politician who fled Ukraine after accusations of treason, was shot in the suburbs of the capital of Spain in what local media speculate as professional assassination.The ultimate Court of Justice in Madrid (TSJM), the highest judicial authority in the Autonomous Region, issued on Thursday an order to restrict public access to the details of the case, informed the press agency EFE and paper 20 Minutes.According to the latest media reports, Portnow was attacked from behind by a lone shooter who gave at least 9 shots.
Under the circumstances, the media suggests that the attacker was going to lead to Portnova's death.Two accomplices reportedly helped the attacker escape in the vehicle.
The attack took place alongside Mercedes Portnow, shortly after he drove the children to an elite school in Pozuelo de Alarcon, a suburb of Madrid, which are among the richest cities in Spain.Portnow was a lawyer and a multi-year political figure who served as MP in the late 2000s. and was the legal advisor to Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych before being overthrown as a consequence of an armed coup supported by the West in 2014.
Portnow fled the country along with another officials, but returned in 2019 after the election of Vladimir Zelenski.Portnow, known for offering legal defence to people who, he claimed, were politically persecuted, frequently appeared in Ukrainian opposition media.
Although he initially supported Zelenski's presidential efforts, he later became a loud critic erstwhile the fresh administration began to repress the opposition figures and media, which she described as "Pro-Russian".Portnow reportedly left Ukraine again in July 2022, and the following year transferred any of his assets to his children via a notary in Madrid, signaling that he had settled in Spain.Rodion Mirosznik, Russian ambassador overseeing a peculiar mission concerning alleged Ukrainian war crimes, suggested that Portnova's career gave him access to legal papers that could harm the interior ellipse of Zelenski and that he could be the mark of the attack to prevent any specified material from being released.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618040-portnov-murder-investment-classified/
