The murder of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who deserted the Kremlin army in August 2023 and landed his helicopter on a Ukrainian air base, leaves no doubt according to the Spanish intelligence services. Moscow is believed to be behind the assassination that occurred a few days ago in Villajoyosa (Alicante): the action was carried out by hitmen who arrived in Spain from abroad. This is what Iberian intelligence sources quoted today by local newspapers said. If the instigator is clear to the secret services, doubts remain as to the perpetrators: it is not yet clear whether the ambush was the work of the foreign secret services (SVR) – whose head Sergei Naryshkin defined the victim as “a criminal traitor” and “a moral corpse” – either from the federal security (FSB, heir to the KGB) or from the military intelligence service (GRU).
A decisive answer
The Spanish government has, however, been more cautious so far, awaiting the results of the investigation carried out by the Civil Guard. Diplomatic sources have, however, already stressed that the assassination of Kuzminov constitutes a “very serious” event and that the possible involvement of the Russian authorities will lead to “a decisive response” from Spain. Although news of Kuzminov's death only broke in recent days, the crime is believed to have been committed a week earlier, on February 13, in a garage in Villajoyosa, a tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast of the province of 'Alicante where a community of 17,500 inhabitants lives. Russian citizens. The pilot did not live with protection, despite the threat of revenge from Moscow hanging over him. However, he had false documents in the name of a 33-year-old Ukrainian citizen. According to sources cited by Spanish newspapers, the local secret services had not been officially informed of his arrival last December.
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