Albares says there will be an “adequate response” when the circumstances of the murder of the Russian defector are clarified

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, has assured that there will be an “adequate response” once the circumstances under which the murder of the Russian deserter Maksim Kuzminov took place in the Alicante town of Villajoyosa last are clarified. February 13th. He stated this at a press conference in New York, where he attended a session of the UN General Assembly on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to him, he is following the case “very closely” and has asked to be informed of the results of the investigation being carried out by the Scientific Police. “Any murder in Spain has consequences,” stressed the minister, who announced that once the details of the murder are known “the response will be on par with the acts that have been committed.” Asked what type of response there could be to confirm Moscow’s involvement in the murder of Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine last summer with a helicopter and delivered intelligence information, he defended that in these cases it is better to be “careful” and not rush. “We should not speak lightly and I don’t usually do it,” he stated, insisting that when “the definitive conclusions of the investigation” are known, since in Spain “no crime goes unpunished,” “we will give an appropriate response.” “. The Civil Guard is investigating whether the 33-year-old man who appeared dead with several gunshot wounds in a garage in Villajoyosa on February 13 is Kuzminov. As indicated this Thursday by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, the Government was not aware of the presence of the Russian deserter, whom a senior Russian Intelligence official branded a “traitor” after learning of his death.