Suspect in shooting of senior Russian military intelligence officer arrested in Dubai

• A Russian man, believed to be in his 60s, was arrested in Dubai for shooting Vladimir Alekseyev.
• Alekseyev, deputy head of Russia’s GRU, was shot in Moscow and hospitalized last Friday.
• He is sanctioned by the West for alleged cyberattacks and the 2018 Sergei Skripal nerve agent attack.
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of orchestrating the shooting.
• The attack is part of a series targeting senior Russian officials since the 2022 Ukraine invasion.