No Russian is safe

...from his or her own government.

But sure, Russia has totally turned the tide of the war.

Contrary to what some overheated keyboard warriors would have you believe, there are many Russians who have not only spoken out against the plundering of Ukraine - which started exactly two years ago today - but have openly assisted the Ukrainian side.

One of them was Maxim Kuzminov, who flew his Mi-8 helicopter across enemy lines, landed it in Ukraine, donated it to the enemy, and went into hiding.

And this week, right around the same time that Alexei Navalny was being murdered in the new Gulag, Kuzminov died under mysterious circumstances (wink wink) in Spain:

A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with his helicopter last year was found dead in an underground garage in Spain last week, his body riddled with bullets, Ukrainian and Spanish media reported on Monday.

Spain's state news agency EFE r…