Madrid, Spain
CNN
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Former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov, who worked as an aide to pro-Russian former President Viktor Yanukovych, has been shot dead in the Spanish capital Madrid, a Spanish national police source told CNN.
Portnov, 51, was shot several times as he was getting into a car around 9:15 a.m. local time in Madrid (3:15 a.m. ET), the police source said. Various assailants shot him in the back and the head, and later fled into a wooded area, the source said.
The former Ukrainian politician was sanctioned by the United States in 2021 for corruption and bribery under the Magnitsky Act. He was “credibly accused of using his influence to buy access and…
