Assassination of exiled artist critical of Putin demonstrates authoritarian reach beyond borders to silence dissent through extrajudicial violence—a hallmark dystopian pattern of state elimination of political opponents.
Robert Kuzovkov, who was killed on Monday, with one of his paintings near the Russian Embassy in Berlin on Friday.
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