WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A controversial judge who fled from Poland to neighboring autocratic Belarus has been put on a wanted list, a step toward an international arrest warrant on espionage allegations, the Polish national prosecutors’ office said Thursday. Spokesperson Przemyslaw Nowak said the search for judge Tomasz Szmydt had been launched. Even if Belarus […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A disciplinary court in Poland on Thursday lifted the immunity of a judge who fled the country to neighboring Belarus, an autocratic ally of Russia, paving the way for an international arrest warrant for him on espionage allegations. Poland launched an investigation this week after Belarus media said the judge, Tomasz […]
Maksym Kuzminov was a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine in August. Kuzminov was living in Spain under a false identity until he was killed in February. An official investigating the murder said the Kremlin may have been involved in the killing, WSJ reported. Maksym Kuzminov, the 28-year-old Russian helicopter pilot who defected to […]
Police have said 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 body was found on February 13th in La Cala, near the eastern port city of Alicante, according to Civil […]
Sources familiar with the investigation confirmed to the Spanish news agency EFE on Feb. 19 that Maksim Kuzminov, a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine, was killed in Spain on Feb. 13. Kuzminov’s death in Spain was first reported on Feb. 19 by Ukrainska Pravda and other Ukrainian media outlets, citing the press service […]
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police said Tuesday they suspect the bullet-riddled body of a man found in an eastern town is that of Russian defector Maksim Kuzminov, who flew a Russian army helicopter on his escape across the front lines last year. Andrii Yusov, a representative of Ukrainian military intelligence, confirmed to local media that […]
Maksym Kuzminov, a Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine last year, was found shot dead in Spain. Kuzminov had urged other Russians to defect and said they would be set for life. Spanish media reported he was living in Spain with a Ukrainian passport under an alternative name. The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine […]
Maksim Kuzminov, a Russian helicopter pilot who has defected to Ukraine, was found shot dead in Spain, Ukrainska Pravda and other outlets reported on Feb. 19, citing the press service of Ukraine’s military intelligence. Kuzminov made headlines in August 2023 after he landed a fully intact Mi-8 helicopter in Ukraine and gave himself up to […]