The Ukrainian expolatic Andréi Portnov, 52, has been killed Shots at the door of the American College, located in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), on Wednesday morning. Portnov had left his daughters in the educational center and proceeded to get on his vehicle when several people have addressed and triggered, reaching up to three occasions -two in the back and one in the neck -, according to police sources.
The facts have taken place in the America number 3 between 9:00 and 9:15 in the morning. Effective Summa 112 have been displaced there that have only been able to certify the death of the male by “Life incompatible injuries.” Likewise, agents of the scientific units and group V of the National Police have appeared at the scene to collect the relevant evidence and take care of the investigation of the murder. Witnesses have reported that they saw three suspects HUir from the scene and go to the Casa de Campo.
Who was Andréi Portnov?
Andréi Portnov was a Ukrainian lawyer who served as an ex -landsourbetween 2010 and 2014. As reported by the EFE agency, he was accused of participating in the repression of the Maidan’s pro -European demonstrations before escaping from Ukraine. It was also sanctioned by the US.
According to Ukrainian media, it was involved in the design of the legislation that was approved on January 16, 2014 in the Ukrainian Parliament and that allowed to end street protests which began in November 2013 because the then president did not sign the association agreement with the European Union, which would detach him from Russia. The demonstrations were extended for months and in clashes with the forces of the order About 100 people died.
Subsequently, in February 2014, Yanukóvich, Portnov and other senior government positions They fled to Russia before the unstoppable pressure exerted by the Ukrainian people. By the way, other local media report a while Then he moved to Vienna And it was not known to be in Madrid.
Victories in court against journalists
Likewise, the Ukrainian newspaper ‘Hromadske’, recalled that it was one of the 18 citizens sanctioned by the EU for corruption and human rights violations In 2014. However, he was eliminated from the list in 2015 by decision of European justice.
Three years later he was denounced by the Ukraine Security Service and accused of betrayal for his alleged involvement in the delivery of Crimea to Russiapreviously exposed in the newspaper ‘Hromadske’. However, the lawyer appealed and subsequently the case would close.
But it would not be the only victory that would reap before the Ukrainian justice, since in March 2014 the Ukrainian newspaper ‘Censor’ would inform that I could not cope with the extending coast That Ukrainian justice had forced him to pay Portnov, after he had resorted to incorrect information published against him.
Yet, The United States sanctioned him in 2021 for “credible accusations of using their influence” to influence the courts and “undermine efforts to reform” Ukraine. In fact, many of the journalists defeated by Portnov in the courts alluded to the lawyer still maintained influence on them.
On the other hand, earlier this year a citizen initiative managed to collect the 25,000 signatures necessary for the Ukrainian law to take into consideration that the Council for National Security and Defense of Ukraine sanctioned the exassor. The signatories did not see logical that he was sanctioned by the United States and not by Ukraine.
However, a month ago, ‘Censor’ referred to the possible evidence that Portnov was living in Spain. The newspaper reported that the expolitic had Hired the services of a notary of Madrid To certify a power that would use to transfer a luxury mansion with more than one thousand square meters to the shore of the Dnieper River, near Kyv.
