Article

2024-02-25 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine found shot, run over by car in Spain

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-25 07:32|| || Front Page|| [32 views ] Top

#1 Another case of "extreme suicide"!

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-02-25 18:41|| 2024-02-25 18:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like somebody had a grudge.

Posted by SteveS 2024-02-25 18:56|| 2024-02-25 18:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Probably the same people who blew up Nord Stream and shot down the A-50 and all that. Just watch, they'll blame it on Russia now, which practically proves it!

Posted by Blinky Shilet6999 2024-02-25 19:15|| 2024-02-25 19:15|| Front Page Top

#4 What no ice axe?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-02-25 19:56|| 2024-02-25 19:56|| Front Page Top

#5 From what I heard (no link, sorry), this pilot was with a crew of two others, and the two were killed (murdered?) just before this defection.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-02-25 20:40|| 2024-02-25 20:40|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ IIUC that's the story. Obviously, I'm just "I hearding" too, but...

Posted by Frank G 2024-02-25 22:17|| 2024-02-25 22:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, well, nobody likes a traitor, I don't care from which country one hails. He deserved what he got.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-02-25 22:19|| 2024-02-25 22:19|| Front Page Top

#8 It's RT (via El Mundo), but it's no different than the lackeys at CNN, MSNBC, etc.

Murdered Russian traitor pilot likely had ‘secret’ refugee status in Spain – El Mundo

The Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine and was shot dead in Spain last week likely enjoyed state protection from Madrid, and may have been treated as a “secret political refugee” by the authorities, Spanish daily El Mundo reported on Wednesday.

Maksim Kuzminov made headlines last August when he flew a Mi-8 military cargo helicopter to Ukraine. His defection resulted in the deaths of fellow crew members who were “liquidated,” according to Ukrainian intelligence.

The traitor pilot is believed to have been slain in the coastal Spanish town of Villajoyosa, where he had been apparently living under a false identity. The victim was shot multiple times and apparently run over by a car, with the vehicle found torched a distance from the crime scene.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-02-25 22:23|| 2024-02-25 22:23|| Front Page Top

23:46 Canuckistan sniper
23:34 Canuckistan sniper
23:21 Skidmark
23:18 Canuckistan sniper
23:14 Alpha2
22:37 JohnQC
22:30 JohnQC
22:23 DooDahMan
22:19 DooDahMan
22:17 Frank G
21:47 trailing wife
21:11 trailing wife
21:00 trailing wife
20:41 trailing wife
20:40 DooDahMan
20:37 DooDahMan
19:56 Procopius2k
19:15 Blinky Shilet6999
19:04 Blinky Shilet6999
18:56 SteveS
18:41 AlmostAnonymous5839
18:39 Blinky Shilet6999
18:37 AlmostAnonymous5839
18:34 ACA JOE