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7/21/2025, 5:10:11 PM
Ex-Ukrainian police official dies in same Spanish complex where Russian defector was killed
A former high-ranking Ukrainian police official has died under mysterious circumstances in a resort town in Spain, in the same apartment complex where a Russian military pilot who defected to Ukraine was assassinated less than two years ago, Spanish and Ukrainian media reported.
Igor Grushevsky, 61, was found dead on June 29 in the swimming pool of the Cala Alta residential complex in Villajoyosa, a town on the Mediterranean coast popular with Russian and Ukrainian expatriates. He had recently purchased an apartment in the building and was reportedly doing renovation work himself.
According to reports, neighbors found Grushevsky face down in the water and pulled him out, but attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. While an initial examination found no signs of violence on his body, the fact he was bleeding from one ear has fueled speculation among residents about the cause of death. Spanish authorities are investigating, with possibilities ranging from a stroke or heart attack to murder.
Ukraine's foreign ministry confirmed the death was due to drowning and said its consulate was assisting with the repatriation of his body.
Grushevsky was a former senior official in Ukraine's Department for Combating Organized Crime, heading units in the Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions in the 1990s. The department was disbanded in 2015. Neighbors described him as a recluse who kept to himself.
The death has drawn significant attention because it occurred in the same location as the February 2024 murder of Maxim Kuzminov, a 28-year-old Russian pilot who had defected to Ukraine months earlier in his Mi-8 helicopter. Kuzminov was shot multiple times and run over by a car in the complex's underground garage in a killing widely attributed to Russian intelligence services.
A former high-ranking Ukrainian police official has died under mysterious circumstances in a resort town in Spain, in the same apartment complex where a Russian military pilot who defected to Ukraine was assassinated less than two years ago, Spanish and Ukrainian media reported.
Igor Grushevsky, 61, was found dead on June 29 in the swimming pool of the Cala Alta residential complex in Villajoyosa, a town on the Mediterranean coast popular with Russian and Ukrainian expatriates. He had recently purchased an apartment in the building and was reportedly doing renovation work himself.
According to reports, neighbors found Grushevsky face down in the water and pulled him out, but attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. While an initial examination found no signs of violence on his body, the fact he was bleeding from one ear has fueled speculation among residents about the cause of death. Spanish authorities are investigating, with possibilities ranging from a stroke or heart attack to murder.
Ukraine's foreign ministry confirmed the death was due to drowning and said its consulate was assisting with the repatriation of his body.
Grushevsky was a former senior official in Ukraine's Department for Combating Organized Crime, heading units in the Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions in the 1990s. The department was disbanded in 2015. Neighbors described him as a recluse who kept to himself.
The death has drawn significant attention because it occurred in the same location as the February 2024 murder of Maxim Kuzminov, a 28-year-old Russian pilot who had defected to Ukraine months earlier in his Mi-8 helicopter. Kuzminov was shot multiple times and run over by a car in the complex's underground garage in a killing widely attributed to Russian intelligence services.
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