The more these things happen, the less people will defect and provide information about Russia
I don’t know about that. Just like Navalny and other opposition of Putin, noone that does this kind of thing is under any illusion they will be safe.
Would be better if they are safe though.
This dude did it for the money and made the incredibly poor choice of leaving Ukraine to spend that money in Spain while trying to get his Russian ex wife to come. Deserting is honorable in this war, but I doubt many will care about this guy.
He also caused death of two other crewmebers in the process.
That’s pretty slanderous.
What is? That he did it for the money? If it was sympathy for the Ukrainian cause, why did he reject Ukrainian protection and citizenship and go to Spain?
Who the hell knows why he was in Spain. Does it matter? At least it’s warmer there this time of year.
And he wanted to quit the military after his service but pilots where ‘encouraged’ to stay in service as your family would not be well, or you might end up on the front line as infantry.
Devils advocate, what if he felt he needed to be as far away as possible to be safe? Spain is in fact the furthest you can go without going over to the Americas.
Will Spain care I wonder?
Russian agents shooting people in their country? Very likely yes.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The body of a man who was shot dead in Spain is believed to be that of a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year.
According to Spanish news agency Efe, Mr Kuzminov’s body was found near a property in the town of Villajoyosa on Spain’s eastern coast alongside documentation matching his nationality, but with a different name.
A burnt-out car apparently used by the attackers was found near the scene of the crime, the intelligence agency’s press service told the outlet.
Two other people on board, who had been unaware of Mr Kuzminov’s plans, were shot dead when they started running back towards the border after the helicopter landed.
During a news conference in September, Mr Kuzminov said he switched sides because he opposed Russia’s war on Ukraine.
There has been no official comment from Russian authorities, although on Tuesday, Sergei Naryshkin, director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, said: “That traitor and criminal was a moral corpse.”
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Treason talks going well
