Polish authorities have charged a suspect over the fatal shooting of a Russian anti-Kremlin satirist whose broad-daylight killing has raised fears of possible foreign involvement.

Semyon Skrepetsky, whose real name was Robert Kuzovkov, was known for political caricatures mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was shot several times in the head and chest on Monday morning in the eastern Polish city of Biała Podlaska, near the Belarusian border.

Prosecutors on Friday charged the suspect, identified only as Elnur A. under Polish privacy laws, with murder.

Prosecutors said that the suspect did not admit to the killing and refused to give a statement.

They have asked a court to place him in pre-trial detention for three months.

Elnur A. was detained on Thursday near Warsaw. Officials said he was carrying a Georgian passport issued to a 36-year-old citizen of Georgia.

Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said after the arrest that the suspect was linked to organized crime and may also have been involved in crimes committed in 2022.

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