Russian citizen arrested in Poland for alleged plot to kill Ukrainian rapper Kyivstoner

Polish authorities have detained a Russian national suspected of plotting to assassinate Ukrainian rapper "Kyivstoner," whose real name is Alberts Vasyljevs, in Warsaw. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the arrest on August 7, stating that the suspect was acting on Moscow's orders.

Tusk revealed that the target was a dual Ukrainian-U.S. citizen who is considered a figure "inconvenient" to Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime. The Prime Minister emphasized that the assassination plot was thwarted at the last minute. The suspect was apprehended by agents from Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the police, in cooperation with U.S. services.

Meanwhile, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) issued a statement claiming that Vasyljevs was involved in a special operation orchestrated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). According to the FSB, this operation aimed to transport drones from Slovakia through Poland and Belarus to Russia, with the intention of using them to attack military infrastructure. The FSB also accused Vasyljevs of drug trafficking.

Vasyljevs, who holds dual Ukrainian and U.S. citizenship, has publicly denied the FSB's accusations through his Instagram account. The rapper is also listed by Russia among individuals involved in extremist and terrorist activities.

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the target was a person who is inconvenient to the regime of [Russian dictator Vladimir] Putin, and at the last moment we managed to prevent this murder.