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Alleged Russian Plot to Kill Ukrainian Rapper in Poland Exposes Expanding Shadow War

Poland’s security services detained a Russian suspect accused of plotting to assassinate Ukrainian‑American rapper and blogger Kyivstoner on Polish soil, in a case authorities link to Russian intelligence. For European governments, the episode is another sign that information influencers and dual citizens are being pulled into the blast radius of Moscow’s shadow war.

Europe’s frontline with Russia is no longer only in the trenches of eastern Ukraine. It is also in the quiet neighborhoods of EU cities where exiles, dissidents and influencers live under growing threat. Polish authorities say they have detained a Russian national suspected of preparing to assassinate Ukrainian rapper and video blogger Kyivstoner, a dual U.S.‑Ukrainian citizen, on Polish territory in a plot allegedly ordered by Russian intelligence. According to accounts from Poland’s domestic security agency ABW and police relayed through official channels, the suspect was arrested before any attack took place. Investigators accuse him of planning the killing on behalf of Russian services. Moscow’s FSB has publicly accused Kyivstoner…

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