Two years after his death, on 17 November 1961, the German judicial bodies announced that Bandera's murderer had been a KGB defector named Bohdan Stashynsky who acted on the orders of Soviet KGB head Alexander Shelepin and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Dua tahun setelah kematiannya, pada 17 september 1961, badan peradilan Jerman mengumumkan bahwa pembunuh Bandera adalah pembelot KGB bernama Bohdan Stashynsky yang bertindak atas perintah Soviet Kepala KGB Alexander Shelepin dan Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.