a man who was shot dead in Spain last week is believed to be a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in August Maxim kusov flew a helicopter into Ukrainian territory.
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where he handed himself in Spanish police have not publicly confirmed the identity of the man who was killed near alican BBC verifies Nick erley has the story Maxim karov a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine and now appears to have been murdered just outside benadon.
this was September when Mr kusmanov was presented to the media in his new Ukrainian home he'd flown his Russian helicopter over the border and surrendered to Ukraine's forces he was paid half a million dollar Moscow was Furious kusmanov was called a traitor on TV.
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this report says an order on his fate had been received this implementation was just a matter of time Mr kusmanov didn't settle in Ukraine for long he ended up in Spain near benador and it's here that he appears to have been murdered last Tuesday Spain's interior Ministry confirmed to us a man had been shot several times they wouldn't confirm it was Mr kusmanov but his identity has been widely reported in Spanish media who say he was shot then run over in this garage.
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Spanish officials say the body was found with false documents we've searched the internet for traces of a new identity we can't find any social media use since kusmanov left Russia last night Russian television talked again of betrayal this Commander says God will now be kusmanov's judge in the retribution will find him but a number of questions remain unanswered tonight about who exactly killed Maxim kusmanov and whether this could be another extrajudicial murder of a Russian on foreign soil nickley.
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