Georgian-Chechen figure known for a 2019 assassination in Berlin; born 15 Aug 1979, died 23 Aug 2019. News notes Poland detaining a Russia-linked plot involving a US citizen; this twists his legacy in the context of cross-border security and geopolitics.
Poland has detained a suspect on Aug. 7, believed to be recruited by Russians and aimed at an American-Ukrainian citizen, in what Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls the first known attack on a US national ordered from Moscow on NATO soil. Poland says the operation involved US services and its own security agencies; authorities offer few further details.