Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said a man suspected of shooting senior military intelligence officer Vladimir Alexeyev in Moscow has been detained in Dubai and returned to Russia.
Alexeyev, a deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), was shot several times in an apartment block in the capital on Friday, investigators said.
Russian media reported that he underwent surgery following the attack.
The FSB identified the suspect as Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba and said he was being transferred to Russia on suspicion of carrying out the shooting.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin had been briefed and that Russia’s intelligence services were investigating. “It is clear that military commanders and high-level specialists are at risk during wartime,” he said.
Since December 2024, three other officials of the same rank as Alexeyev, lieutenant general, have been killed in or near Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of being behind the attempt on Alexeyev’s life, calling it an effort to disrupt ongoing peace discussions.
Ukrainian officials denied any involvement.
Alexeyev’s superior, Admiral Igor Kostyukov, who leads the GRU, has been heading Russia’s delegation in negotiations with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
The discussions have focused on security-related elements of a possible peace deal.
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