Maskim Kuzminov entered Spain using a fake Ukrainian passport. The fake document was registered in the name of 33-year-old Igor Shevchenko from Donetsk.
The discovery of a man's corpse in Spain became known on February 19. The newspaper El Mundo reported that the Russian defector spent at most several days in the municipality of Villajoyosa, where his body was found. A number of officials in Russia, including Medvedev, spoke out about the incident.