RIP – Mikhaïl Kalachnikov !

MOSCOW - The inventor of the Soviet assault rifle AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, died Monday at the age of 94 years, announced the official Itar-Tass quoted a spokesman for the authorities of the region 'Udmurtia in the Urals. 
The inventor of the Kalashnikov, produced some 100 million copies worldwide, had been hospitalized several times in recent months.