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Russia's Federal Security Service said connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) that the antheral suspected of shooting a lawman main of Russia's subject quality bureau successful Moscow was detained successful Dubai and handed implicit to Russia.
Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalised aft being changeable respective times connected Friday (February 6) by an assailant astatine an flat gathering successful northwestern Moscow, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said. The onslaught followed a bid of assassinations of elder subject officers that Russia has blamed connected Ukraine.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) said a Russian citizen, Lyubomir Korba, was detained successful Dubai connected suspicion of carrying retired the shooting. In a connection connected its website, FSB said it had besides identified 2 “accomplices,” 1 of whom was detained successful Moscow and different who “left for Ukraine.”
Asked astir the shooting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said connected Friday (February 6) it would beryllium up to instrumentality enforcement agencies to prosecute the probe but described it arsenic an evident “terrorist act” by Ukraine intended to derail bid talks.
There was nary contiguous effect from Kyiv to a petition for remark connected the Russian allegations.
The shooting came a time aft Russian, Ukrainian, and U.S. negotiators wrapped up 2 days of talks successful Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, aimed astatine ending the astir 4-year-old struggle successful Ukraine. The Russian delegation was led by Lt. Gen. Alekseyev's boss, subject quality main Adm. Igor Kostyukov.
Lt. Gen. Alekseyev, 64, has served arsenic the archetypal lawman caput of Russia's subject quality agency, known arsenic the GRU, since 2011.
He was decorated with the Hero of Russia medal for his relation successful Moscow's subject run successful Syria. In June 2023, helium was shown connected authorities TV speaking to mercenary main Yevgeny Prigozhin, erstwhile his Wagner Group seized the subject office successful the confederate metropolis of Rostov-on-Don during his short-lived mutiny.
Since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine successful 2022, Russian authorities person blamed Kyiv for respective assassinations of subject officers and nationalist figures successful Russia. Ukraine has claimed work for immoderate of them.
In December, a car weaponry killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, caput of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff.
In April, different elder Russian subject officer, Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a lawman caput of the main operational section successful the General Staff, was killed by a weaponry placed successful his car parked adjacent his flat gathering conscionable extracurricular Moscow.
A Russian antheral who antecedently lived successful Ukraine pleaded blameworthy to carrying retired the onslaught and said helium had been paid by Ukraine's information services.
Days aft Moskalik's killing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium received a study from the caput of Ukraine's overseas quality bureau connected the “liquidation” of apical Russian subject figures, adding that “justice inevitably comes”, though helium didn't notation Moskalik's name.
In December 2024, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the main of the military's nuclear, biologic and chemic extortion forces, was killed by a weaponry hidden connected an electrical scooter extracurricular his flat building. Kirillov's adjunct besides died. Ukraine's information work claimed work for the attack.
