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The name Major Krasnoyartsev might mean little to most people, but to Syrians he was one of the many Russian pilots responsible for bombing the schools, hospitals, marketplaces and civilian neighbourhoods of Aleppo back in 2016, during the brutal fall of that once free city. Indeed, such was the efficiency of Krasnoyartsev at bombarding Aleppo, the pilot even got a photo opportunity with Bashar al-Assad at Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia for his “heroism”. Though the veracity of the pilot’s identity has been questioned, it is thought that Krasnoyartsev’s Su-24 fighter-bomber was shot dow…