Media: Two Suspects In The Attempted Assassination Of GRU General Alekseev Detained
- 7.02.2026, 14:24
The general himself is in an induced coma.
Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, deputy chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, has successfully undergone surgery after an assassination attempt and is currently in an artificial coma. This is reported by "Kommersant" with reference to an informed source. Also, according to the publication, two suspects were detained as part of the investigation, they will soon be brought in for questioning. As Mash specifies, the detention took place in Dubai.
The assassination was committed on February 6 in an apartment building on Volokolamskoye highway in Moscow. Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said the hitman fired several shots at the 64-year-old general before fleeing. The victim was hospitalized, and the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case over the attack under articles on attempted murder and illegal arms trafficking.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov immediately said that Ukraine was allegedly behind the assassination attempt, which, according to Larov, decided to disrupt the negotiation process in this way. In response, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga denied Kiev's involvement in a comment to Reuters, emphasizing that Ukraine "had nothing to do with the attack."
Vladimir Alekseev has served as first deputy chief of the GRU since 2011, is a Hero of Russia and is known for commanding military intelligence operations in Syria. In June 2023, he, along with Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, was captured by PMC Wagner fighters in Rostov-on-Don during Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny. At that time, a video was published in which Prigozhin communicates with generals, declaring his intention to seek the resignation of the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. Alexeyev replied with a smile, "Take it away."
Since 2016, the general has been under US sanctions - over allegations of "malicious acts in cyberspace," including interference in US elections and cyberattacks. As of 2019, he is also on the European Union's sanctions list as the person responsible for the possession, transportation and use of the Novichok poisonous substance in Salisbury in 2018. GRU chief Igor Kostyukov, who is leading the Russian delegation to the Abu Dhabi talks, was also placed on the same sanctions list.