Suspect in Russian Military Officer Shooting Arrested in Dubai

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Firstpost•08-02-2026, 15:48
Suspect in Russian Military Officer Shooting Arrested in Dubai
- •Lyubomir Korba, suspect in the shooting of Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev, detained in Dubai and handed to Russian authorities.
- •Alexeyev, deputy head of GRU, was shot multiple times in Moscow on Friday and hospitalized after surgery.
- •FSB identified Korba as a Russian citizen; an accomplice was arrested in Moscow, another fled to Ukraine.
- •Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of the assassination attempt, which Ukraine denies.
- •Alexeyev is under Western sanctions for alleged cyberattacks and the 2018 nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal.
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