FSB reports arrest in Dubai of assailant in attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Alexeyev

A suspect in the attempt on the life of Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, First Deputy Head of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), has been detained in the UAE, the Russian FSB reports.

Source: Russian outlet Interfax, citing the FSB

Details: According to the Russian security service, the detainee is a 65-year-old Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba.

The FSB calls him the direct executor of the assassination attempt.

Law enforcement authorities in the UAE have extradited him to Russia.

The FSB added that, together with the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, they have "identified accomplices in the crime". One of them, 55-year-old Zinaida Serebrytska reportedly left for Ukraine after the attempt.

The FSB stated that the search for the organisers of the crime is ongoing.

Background: Alexeyev, who was the target of an assassination attempt in Moscow on 6 February, had been the senior Russian representative at talks in Mariupol in May 2022 during the withdrawal of the Mariupol Garrison from Azovstal.

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