Vladimir Alexeyev: Everything we all know in regards to the taking pictures of senior Russian normal | EUROtoday

The suspect of an assault on a prime Russian normal has been extradited to Moscow after being arrested in Dubai, in keeping with Russia’s safety service.

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev was shot in an alleged assassination try on Friday, and is presently recovering in hospital after present process surgical procedure.

Lyubomir Korba, a Russian citizen who Moscow says was working beneath Kyiv’s directions, has now been detained in Dubai and is now in detention in Russia.

Ukraine denies all involvement within the assault, which comes following a spate of killings of senior navy officers in Moscow final 12 months that had been linked by Russia to Ukraine.

Here is every part we all know in regards to the taking pictures of a senior navy intelligence officer up to now.

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What occurred?

On Friday, Alexeyev was shot a number of occasions by an unidentified particular person in a residential constructing of northwest Moscow, in keeping with the Russian Investigative Committee.

A manhunt was immediately launched for the shooter and a legal case was opened for tried homicide.

Moscow stated the attacker fired three photographs earlier than fleeing to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) within the hours after the assault.

“Investigators conducted a thorough inspection at the scene, during which they discovered the murder weapon – a Makarov pistol with a silencer and three rounds of ammunition,” stated Svetlana Petrenko a spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee (ICR). She added that forensic exams are being carried out on the gun.

On Saturday, Russian newspaper Kommersantciting a supply near the investigation, reported that the 2 suspects would “soon be interrogated” earlier than being charged.

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Korba, a Ukrainian-born Russian citizen, has been extradited to Moscow after being arrested by authorities in Dubai, on suspicion of gravely injuring Alexeyev, Russian safety officers stated on Sunday.

On Sunday, Russian president Vladimir Putin thanked his UAE counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for serving to with Korba’s detention throughout a cellphone name on Saturday night, Russian businesses reported, citing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Who is Lt Gen Alexeyev?

The Ukrainian-born 64-year-old has served as the primary deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) since 2011. He was embellished with the Hero of Russia medal for his function in Moscow’s navy marketing campaign in Syria.

Alexeyev was positioned beneath sanctions by the EU and UK after they accused the GRU of being accountable for the 2018 Salisbury nerve agent assault.

He has additionally been accused of interfering within the 2020 US presidential election by instructing officers in Kyiv to accuse Donald Trump’s opposing candidate, Joe Biden, of cash laundering through Ukrainian holding firm Burisma.

He has additionally held shut ties with paramilitary and mercenary teams, such because the Wagner group led by the late Yevgeney Prigozhin. Kommersant studies that he was one of many paramilitary group’s founders.

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What have Moscow and Kyiv stated?

Russian overseas minister Sergei Lavrov described the assassination try as an “act of terrorism” which he stated confirmed Kyiv’s “determination to engage in constant provocations, aimed in turn at derailing the negotiation process”.

Moscow’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has now stated that the tried assassination of normal Vladimir Alexeyev was ordered by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in keeping with Interfax information company.

Kyiv has denied any involvement in Friday’s tried assassination.

Russia stated that the suspected shooter, Korba, had been questioned after he was extradited from Dubai. A suspected confederate, Viktor Vasin, has additionally been questioned. Moscow stated a girl named as Zinaida Serebritskaya, who has left for Ukraine, was additionally considered concerned, however didn’t elaborate on how.

Korba and Vasin, the FSB stated, had “confessed their guilt”, the FSB added. Korba was recruited by the SBU in August 2025 in Ternopil, western Ukraine, underwent coaching in Kyiv and was paid month-to-month in crypto-currency. For killing Alexeyev, Korba was promised $30,000 by the SBU, the FSB stated.

It added that Polish intelligence was concerned in his recruitment, however authorities in Warsaw are but to remark.