Novaya Gazeta story of a soldier, Alexei Pinyaev, that mistook guarded Hexogen for Sugar
12 March 2000
Russian Media
Novaya Gazeta journalist Pavel Voloshin publishes story of a soldier, Alexei Pinyaev, that took some powder from a sack marked "Sugar", added it to tea, tasted dreadful, reported it, his unit assessed as Hexogen. Voloshin subseqently retracted.
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