Spanish police suspect bullet-riddled body may be Russian who defected with army helicopter
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Spanish police suspect bullet-riddled body may be Russian who defected with army helicopter

Associated Press  

MADRID — Police said Tuesday they suspect the bullet-riddled body of a man found in Spain is that of a Russian defector who escaped across the front line and into Ukraine last year with an army helicopter. The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, told Russian journalists that Maksim Kuzminov was a “traitor and criminal” who became a “moral corpse” as soon as he started planning “his dirty and terrible crime,” according to Russian state news agency Tass. Spain’s Civil Guard said they found false documents on a body discovered Feb. 13 in the entrance to a residential complex in La Cala. Spanish state news agency Efe said the body had been hit by half a dozen bullets and was run over by the car used by the attackers.

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A man shot dead in Spain may be a Russian army defector
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A man shot dead in Spain may be a Russian army defector

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A man shot dead in Spain may be a Russian army defector Enlarge this image toggle caption Vladyslav Musiienko/AP Vladyslav Musiienko/AP SEVILLE, Spain — A man who was shot dead in the region of Alicante last week, in Spain, is believed to be a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year. But the police suspected from the beginning …

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