The Free Syrian Army (FSA) claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the killing of a "Russian general" in Syria who was working as a consultant to the Syrian defense minister and head of general staff of military affairs, it said in an announcement aired by Al Arabiya. FSA said the killing of the general, Vladmir Petrovic Kojaiv, along his private translator, Ahmed Aiq, was evidence that Russia was embroiled in the Syrian crisis. However, an unnamed Russian Defense Minister official said to RIA news agency that there was no such general in the Russian army. The source suggested this might be a retired officer or else an officer from another post-USSR country.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/08/231005.html
http://ria.ru/arab_sy/20120808/718925350.html
http://youtu.be/96aMNq9olSY (video)
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/08/231005.html
http://ria.ru/arab_sy/20120808/718925350.html
http://youtu.be/96aMNq9olSY (video)
UPDATE: Retired General Kuzheyev denies being killed in Syria
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1997939
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/08/us-syria-crisis-russia-general-idUSBRE8770HE20120808
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