Russia says man suspected of shooting top general has been flown to Moscow from Dubai

An investigator works outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow, Russia February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A ‌Ukrainian-born Russian citizen has been extradited toMoscow from Dubai on suspicion of gravely injuring one of Russia's most senior military intelligence officers, ‌Russian security officials and investigatorssaid on Sunday.

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of Russia's vast GRU military intelligence service, was ‌shot three times on Friday with a Makarov pistol equipped with a silencer in an apartment block on the Volokolamsk highway in northern Moscow, according to investigators.