This was reported on the website of the Council of the International Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti-terror unit.
“The Council of the International Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti-terror unit informs with deep regret that Alexander Nikolaevich Plyusnin died at the age of 73.
Hero of the assault on Amin's palace.
Master of Sports of the USSR and multiple champion of the KGB of the USSR in sambo.
The legend of the domestic special forces, ”the message says.
It is noted that Plyusnin played one of the key roles in Operation Storm-333.
Earlier it became known that the former head of the analytical department of the KGB of the USSR, a veteran of foreign intelligence, retired lieutenant general Nikolai Leonov, died at the age of 93.