{"id":27119,"date":"2025-05-21T14:27:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pro-russian-ex-ukrainian-politician-andriy-portnov-reportedly-killed-outside-american-school-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:27:57","slug":"pro-russian-ex-ukrainian-politician-andriy-portnov-reportedly-killed-outside-american-school-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pro-russian-ex-ukrainian-politician-andriy-portnov-reportedly-killed-outside-american-school-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Russian ex-Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov reportedly killed outside American School in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A pro-Russian former politician from Ukraine was fatally shot Wednesday morning outside his children&#8217;s school in the Spanish capital Madrid, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukrainian-ex-politician-shot-dead-outside-madrids-american-school-source-says-2025-05-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a> news agency and multiple Spanish outlets. Andriy Portnov was killed outside the American School of Madrid by an unidentified gunman or gunmen, according to the reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Several persons shot him in the back and the head and then fled toward a forested area,&#8221; Reuters quoted an unnamed source at the Spanish Interior Ministry as saying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate confirmation of the slain man&#8217;s identity by Spain&#8217;s National Police or other authorities, and no indication of a motive or any suspects who might have been identified. Witnesses told Spanish media that at least one possible suspect was seen running into a nearby wooded area.<\/p>\n<p>According to Spain&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldiario.es\/madrid\/somos\/hombre-asesinado-tiros-frente-colegio-americano-pozuelo-alarcon_1_12316646.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Diario<\/a> newspaper, citing witnesses, Portnov was shot right after dropping off his children at the American School. Photos from the scene showed a man&#8217;s body lying motionless on the ground behind a Mercedes sedan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/21\/ec4ff8e0-9e4d-480b-9674-d268f45a2aec\/thumbnail\/620x444g8\/cc529cbcec2f7e98b86fc37d21f82d51\/andriy-portnov-spain-2215631478.jpg?v=f20aa8902dce18e45d5824503b07db36#\" alt=\"SPAIN-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-POLITICS-HOMICIDE \" height=\"444\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/21\/ec4ff8e0-9e4d-480b-9674-d268f45a2aec\/thumbnail\/620x444g8\/cc529cbcec2f7e98b86fc37d21f82d51\/andriy-portnov-spain-2215631478.jpg?v=f20aa8902dce18e45d5824503b07db36 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/21\/ec4ff8e0-9e4d-480b-9674-d268f45a2aec\/thumbnail\/1240x888g8\/91b01087a59fe5ea2f760fb0898c4d7a\/andriy-portnov-spain-2215631478.jpg?v=f20aa8902dce18e45d5824503b07db36 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Police officers are seen next to a body, reportedly that of ex-Ukraine politician Andriy Portnov, in front of the American School in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, May 21, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                OSCAR DEL POZO\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Portnov was a senior aid to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, a pro-Russian leader who was ousted during the Euromaidan Revolution in 2014. That ouster brought Ukraine&#8217;s current, Western-backed government to power, and it infuriated Russia, which launched its first, initial invasion of Ukrainian territory that same year, quickly culminating in the unilateral <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-annexes-crimea-away-from-ukraine-with-signature-from-vladimir-putin\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">annexation of Crimea<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Portnov was a lawyer, and his political opponents in Ukraine had accused him of helping build a legal framework to enable the former government in Kyiv to crack down on protesters during the 2014 pro-democracy uprising.<\/p>\n<p>Portnov continued living in Ukraine after the 2014 revolution, despite his close ties with the Yanukovich administration, until he left the country in 2022, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosvoboda.org\/a\/news-skhemy-portnov-vyyizd\/31939594.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Radio Freedom Ukraine<\/a> network. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Portnov was sanctioned<\/a> by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Magnitsky Act, an American law designed to target foreign individuals implicated in corruption and human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/21\/0f272b51-9ac4-4630-b998-f9896c0b984d\/thumbnail\/620x437g2\/13fe081f8ca413ff17df88492f01c146\/ukraine-yanukovych-andriy-portnov.jpg?v=f20aa8902dce18e45d5824503b07db36#\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Yanukovych and Deputy Head of his Administration Portnov, shake hands in Kyiv \" height=\"437\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/21\/0f272b51-9ac4-4630-b998-f9896c0b984d\/thumbnail\/620x437g2\/13fe081f8ca413ff17df88492f01c146\/ukraine-yanukovych-andriy-portnov.jpg?v=f20aa8902dce18e45d5824503b07db36 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/21\/0f272b51-9ac4-4630-b998-f9896c0b984d\/thumbnail\/1240x874g2\/ed03af1e4d5ec34452afd923a07d5d84\/ukraine-yanukovych-andriy-portnov.jpg?v=f20aa8902dce18e45d5824503b07db36 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, left, is seen with the deputy head of his presidential administration, Andriy Portnov, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 2, 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Stringer\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The U.S. government accused him of having &#8220;cultivated extensive connections to Ukraine&#8217;s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through bribery,&#8221; and said he had been &#8220;credibly accused of using his influence to buy access and decisions in Ukraine&#8217;s courts and undermining reform efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As of 2019, Portnov took steps to control the Ukrainian judiciary, influence associated legislation, sought to place loyal officials in senior judiciary positions, and purchase court decisions,&#8221; the Treasury said.<\/p>\n<p>There have been a series of crimes in Spain seemingly related to the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Russia-Ukraine war<\/a><\/span> since Putin ordered the full-scale invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Late that same year, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spain-letter-bomb-suspicious-package-us-embassy-madrid\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a series of letter bomb attacks<\/a><\/span> targeted high-profile institutions including the Ukrainian and U.S. embassies in Madrid and the Spanish Defense Ministry. 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