Who was Andriy Portnov, the prorusal Ukrainian politician murdered in Spain and the crime clues?

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The EFE agency said that while the search for the authors of the crime continues, the investigators focus on the investigations on the analysis of the Security cameras surroundingespecially those of the university residence located in front of the school, whose ribbons could be determinants to identify the vehicle with which the three involved fled.

For now, The motivation of the fact is unknown and all the hypotheses are openincluding political mobile and organized crime, Efe reported.

For its part, Ukrainian Fuentes consulted by the Spanish newspaper El País They did not rule out that the murder has been the work of Russian secret services in an alleged operation of false flag aimed at instilling Ukraine.

The international analyst Francisco Belaunde Matossian remembered Commerce than services Ukrainian secrets They have carried out selective murders of high Russian military controls in attacks that occurred within Russia.

“Portnov He was considered a traitor for the Ukrainians, so the involvement of Ukraine In the crime, it is still not clear “, Belaunde said Commerce.

He added that Russian secret services have also carried out murders of dissidents outside the country. He cited the case of Chechene Tornike Khangoshviliwho died in 2019 in Berlin. For this crime a Russian intelligence agent was convicted in Germany to life imprisonment.

Belaunde said that in cases such as Portnov It is very difficult to determine who can be the intellectual authors, because in general the orders come from third countries.

“When it is a secret services operation, if they do not claim it, it is very difficult to determine who are the intellectual authors, put the name and surname of the culprits, those who have participated in the operation, both those who ordered and those who executed. Identify the material authors can be easier, but the intellectuals is more complicated,” pointed out.

The analyst also remarked that in the context of a war, this type of selective murders are usually perpetrated and justifiedas was done in World War II, when we sought to kill Nazi leaders, among others.

Who was Andriy Portnov?

Born on October 27, 1973 in the Lugansk region, Andriy Portnov It was a relevant figure of the policy of Ukraine. He was closely linked to former president Víktor Yanukóvich as his advisor and the environment Proruso.

Graduated in right by the National University Taras Shevchenko, in kyiv, and with a doctorate in Law in 2009, in his country had a long career in public administrationas well as in the academic field as a university professor.

Portnov He was an open critic of the current Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky And he lived in self -examination in Spain, after being investigated in his country for his alleged collaboration with Kremlin.

He began his political career as the main lawyer in the policy campaign team Yulia Tymoshenko Between 2005 and 2010 and became a deputy.

Subsequently, he joined the Prorruso government Viktor Yanukóvichwhere he held high responsibility positions, including the head of the main department of justice of the presidential administration and, later, first deputy director of the President’s administration.

During the protests of the Euromaidan In 2013-2014, also known as the Maidan Revolution, Portnov was associated with the implementation of laws that restricted civil liberties.

After the fall of Yanukóvich in 2014, Portnov left Ukraine and was subject to investigations for corruption and violations of Human Rights.

Portnov resided in Russia, where he obtained citizenship, and in Austria, where he continued to exercise as a lawyer.

In 2018, he announced from Vienna that he controlled the prorruso television channel Newsone. He was also appointed director of MW Investment AG in Switzerland, owner of said channel.

In 2019, Portnov briefly returned to Ukraine, but after the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022abandoned the country.

He said that his departure was due to his status as a large father, despite the travel restrictions imposed by the martial law decreed by Zelensky. Men from 18 to 60 were prohibited from leaving the country, except for some exceptions.

In 2021, the United States Department of the Treasury had sanctioned it under the Magnitsky Law for its alleged manipulation of the Ukrainian judicial system. He was accused of having cultivated “deep connections with the judicial apparatus and the security forces of Ukraine through bribery.”

Portnov was established in the moralan exclusive area of ​​Madrid, where he lived with his wife, Anastasija Valíevaand His four children: two men and two women.

In 2022, he transferred the property of a mansion in Ukrainevalued at 2.8 million dollars, to the name of their children, which generated suspicions about possible attempts to hide their assets.

The European Union (EU) also imposed sanctions, But according to BBC Mundo, these were withdrawn, as it filed a lawsuit against the EU Council and won the case.

The Court of Justice of the European Union even ordered the EU to reimburse the legal costs of Portnov.

The politician also sued several Ukrainian media that had described him as “proruso,” BBC Mundo said. In April 2025, he won a lawsuit against the publication. The court ruled that this information about Portnov was inaccurate.

Other similar crimes of Russians and Ukrainians

Oligarchs, politicians, military and other Russian figures:

1. Alexander Tyulyakov (February 2022). Gazprom corporate security deputy director, found hanged in his garage with a suicide note.
2. Vasily Melnikov (March 2022). Owner of the medical company Medstorm, killed with his wife and children in his department in Nizhni Nóvgorod.
3. Vladislav Avayev (April 2022). Former Vice President of Gazprombank, found dead with his wife and daughter in Moscow.
4. Sergey Protosenya (April 2022). Novatek exexecutive, found hanged in Lloret de Mar (Spain), with his wife and daughter killed.
5. Alexander Subbotin (May 2022). Exderective of Lukoil, died after a ritual with a shaman in Moscow, allegedly by poisoning with toad poison.
6. Ravil Magánov (September 2022). President of Lukoil, died after falling from a window of the Central Hospital in Moscow.
7. Pavel Antov (December 2022). Russian businessman and deputy, died when he fell from the window of a hotel in India, days after the death of his travel companion.
8. Vladlen Tatarsky (April 2023). Proruso military blogger, known for his support for the invasion of Ukraine. Killed in St. Petersburg, for the explosion of a statuette that was delivered to him in the Café Street Food Bar Nº1.
9. Stanislav Rzhitsky (July 2023). Commander of a Russian submarine. Killed in Krasnodar as he ran. The Russian authorities arrested a suspect who confessed to having been hired by Ukrainian intelligence.
10. Maxim Kuzminov (February 2024). Russian pilot, shot dead in Villajoyosa (Spain) after collaborating with Ukraine.
11. Mikhail Rogachev (October 2024). Former president of Yukos, he fell from an eleventh floor in Moscow; Although a suicide note was found, its environment expressed doubts about this version.
12. Valery Trashovsky (November 2024). Commander of the 41.ª Brigade of Missile Ships of the Black Sea fleet. Killed with a bomb in your vehicle. It is suspected that the Ukraine Security Service (SBU) was behind the crime.
13. Igor Kirillov (December 2024). Head of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of Russia. He died with his assistant due to a hidden bomb in an electric scooter in front of his residence in Moscow. The Ukrainian SBU was attributed to the attack.
14. Yaroslav Moskalik (April 2025). SUBJEFE OF THE MAIN DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN General General Staff. He died from the explosion of a pump placed in a parked car. The authorities arrested a suspect who would have confessed that he was hired by Ukrainian intelligence.

Ukrainian figures:

1. Denys Kireyev (March 2022). Banker and member of the Ukrainian delegation in the first peace negotiations with Russia. kyiv killed by the SBU under suspicion of betrayal.
2. Volodymyr Struk (March 2022). Mayor of Kreminna, Lugansk region. He was kidnapped by armed and killed men. He was known for his pro -Russian positions.
3. Maks Levin (April 2022). Ukrainian photoperiodist and blogger, recognized for his coverage of the conflict in Donbás since 2014. His lifeless body was found in the kyiv region. According to investigations, he was executed by Russian soldiers.
4. OLEKSIY KOVALYOV (August 2022). Ukrainian deputy accused of collaborating with Russia, killed in the Kherson region.
5. Sergei Gorenko (September 2022). Attorney General of the Popular Republic of Lugansk. He died with his attachment, Ekaterina Stegilanko, in an explosion in his office.
6. Kiril Stremousov (November 2022). Vice Governor of Kherson, died in a car accident in Crimea.

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