Russian hitman in Warsaw targeted Ukrainian rapper Kyivstoner

Ukrainian rapper and blogger Slevin Dadyan (Albert Vasyliev), better known as Kyivstoner, was targeted by a Russian hitman who was arrested in Poland on suspicion of collaborating with the Russian secret services.

Source: European Pravda, citing the Polish radio station RMF FM

Details: Dadyan was accused by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) of overseeing and managing the logistics of supplying drones to Moscow Oblast, which were supposed to be used for attacks on strategic targets in the Russian capital and its surroundings.

The drones were to be smuggled from Slovakia via Poland and Belarus. The musician was added to the list of individuals involved in extremist and terrorist activities.

The Kremlin claims that the rapper is collaborating with the Ukrainian security services. Dadyan himself denies these allegations.

Slevin Dadyan rose to fame by posting short comedy videos online. He was one of the founders of the well-known Ukrainian band Hryby.

He then embarked on a solo career under the pseudonym Kyivstoner, and has appeared in films. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Dadyan publicly condemned the aggression.

Until 2022, he spent a great deal of time in Moscow, where he collaborated with the well-known rapper Vasiliy Vakulenko (Basta). Due to his activities in the Russian Federation during the annexation of Crimea and the start of the war in Donbas, Kyivstoner became the subject of criticism in the Ukrainian media.

After the outbreak of full-scale war in February 2022, Dadyan managed to leave Kyiv with his young son and wife and travel to the US, where he remained for the next two years.

Since 2024, he has publicly stated that he lives with his family in Slovakia. He continues his musical career and is also involved in e-sports.

The artist has publicly said that holds an American passport in the name of Slevin Dadyan.

Background:

• Recently, it emerged that the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW), in cooperation with the police, had detained a Russian national who, following orders from Russian intelligence services, was planning the murder of a US and Ukrainian citizen.
• On 15 June, Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky, known for his criticism of Vladimir Putin, was murdered in the Polish town of Biała Podlaska in the Lublin Voivodeship.
• The attacker approached Skrepetsky and pulled the trigger twice. When the man fell to the ground, the killer stepped closer and fired three more shots at point-blank range.

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