8 Aug 2012 12:48

Claims Russian general was killed in Syria are "brazen lie" - Russian military

MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has described as "a brazen lie" foreign media reports claiming that a Russian general was allegedly killed in Syria.

"Such claims are not intended for a sensation. They are an apparent provocation targeting Russian servicemen," the Russian Defense Ministry's Press and Information Department told Interfax.

"Media hoaxes of this sort have been invented for many years and they are circulated in accordance with the same old pattern and have the same authors. Only countries change," the Defense Ministry said.

"General Vladimir Kuzheyev was dismissed from military service in 2010. He resides in Moscow and is in good health," the Defense Ministry said.