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A man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow has been detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia, according to its Federal Security Service (FSB).
It said Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba was detained on suspicion of carrying out the shooting, adding that it also identified two “accomplices,” one of whom was detained in Moscow and another who “left for Ukraine.”
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.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed Ukraine for the shooting, calling it a “terrorist act” intended to derail peace talks.
The shooting came a day after Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators wrapped up two days of talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the nearly four-year-old war in Ukraine.
Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian authorities have blamed Kyiv for several assassinations of military officers and public figures in Russia. Ukraine has claimed responsibility for some of them, but has yet to comment in this case.