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Russia on Tuesday unveiled a statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle that became by some estimates the most lethal weapon ever made and the best known Russian brand abroad.

The AK-12 (formerly the AK-200) is the newest derivative of the Soviet/Russian AK-47 series. Inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov said that his rifle was "a weapon of defence" and not a "weapon for offence".