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Russia Denies Deputy PM Shot Himself In Leg At Gun Club

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister may have accidentally been ‘injured in gun club blast’ according to report. Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin is reported to have accidentally pulled the trigger on himself while practicing at a gun club, resulting in injuries to his leg. Rogozin is considered Putin’s right hand man and is waiting to step into his shoes as the next president. Russian officials deny the gun blast reports and say: ‘He really got a sports trauma, he was playing handball.’ The Daily Mail reports: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of the defence and space industries, is said to have accidentally pulled the trigger on himself at a shooting club. His health was not in danger but the injury was the reason he missed a Russian Cabinet meeting, as well as a personal one with Putin, it was reported. ‘Dmitry Olegovich [Rogozin] accidentally injured himself in the leg and now he is in one of Moscow hospitals,’ respected news agency Interfax reported. His office played down the reports Rogozin, 52, shot himself, saying it was a ‘sports trauma’. His spokesman Nikita Anisimov added: ‘He is in the office now, he held a meeting earlier… He feels well. ‘Last [...]