Suspect in shooting of senior Russian general has been detained, Russia says
Published on: Feb. 8, 2026, 4:37 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
MOSCOW, Feb 8: Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalised after being shot several times on Friday by an assailant at an apartment building in northwestern Moscow, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said. The attack followed a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on […]
