"Portnov was shot several times in the back and the head in June 2025 as he was getting into a vehicle outside the American School of Madrid, where at least one of his children was enrolled. Spain's Interior Ministry said Portnov, who was 51, was shot just as children were arriving at the school, in a wealthy suburb of the Spanish capital."
"The politician, Andrii Portnov, was a senior aide to Viktor Yanukovych, a former Ukrainian president with close ties to Moscow. Yanukovych was ousted in the 2014 Maidan revolution, where Ukrainians protested the president's decision to pull Ukraine away from the European Union and closer to Russia. He fled Ukraine for Russia in 2014."
"Portnov left for Russia in 2014 and later faced investigations in Ukraine on accusations of treason and embezzlement. He was placed under European Union sanctions, though both the charges and the sanctions were eventually dropped. The US Treasury Department added Portnov to its sanctions list in 2021, saying he had 'cultivated extensive connections to Ukraine's judicial and law enforcement apparatus through bribery.'"
Andrii Portnov, a 51-year-old former senior aide to ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, was shot multiple times in the back and head in June 2025 outside the American School of Madrid. A suspect was arrested in Heinsberg, Germany by Spanish and German police in connection with the killing. Portnov had fled Ukraine to Russia in 2014 following the Maidan revolution and faced investigations for treason and embezzlement. He was sanctioned by the European Union and US Treasury Department for corruption and cultivating connections through bribery. Spanish police confirmed the detained suspect is believed to have fired the shots but released no additional details about the arrest or investigation.
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