"A Russian man suspected of shooting and wounding the senior Russian military intelligence officer Vladimir Alekseyev in Moscow has been arrested in Dubai, the Russian FSB security service has said. The man, in his 60s, was arrested and handed over to Russia after fleeing to the United Arab Emirates, while a suspected accomplice was arrested in Moscow and another escaped to Ukraine, Russian media quoted the FSB as saying."
"Several high-ranking military officials have been assassinated in Russia and in Moscow-controlled Ukrainian territory since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. Alekseyev, the deputy head of Russia's GRU military intelligence service, was shot in a Moscow apartment on Friday and admitted to hospital. He is under western sanctions for his alleged role in cyberattacks and the organisation of a nerve agent attack on the Russian defector Sergei Skripal in Britain in 2018."
The alleged shooter, a Russian man in his 60s, was arrested in Dubai and handed over to Russia after fleeing to the UAE. A suspected accomplice was detained in Moscow and another suspect reportedly escaped to Ukraine. Several high-ranking military officials have been assassinated in Russia and Moscow-controlled Ukrainian territory since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of Russia's GRU military intelligence, was shot in a Moscow apartment, admitted to hospital, and is under western sanctions for alleged roles in cyberattacks and the 2018 nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of masterminding the shooting; Kyiv did not comment.
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