{"id":1180,"date":"2026-02-08T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2026-02-08T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:25:18","slug":"russian-citizen-detained-in-dubai-over-shooting-of-general-in-moscow-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1180","title":{"rendered":"Russian citizen detained in Dubai over shooting of general in Moscow | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Russian citizen has been detained in Dubai over the shooting of a general in Moscow.<\/p>\n

The Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB secret police, said in a statement that a Russian citizen named Lyubomir Korba was arrested on suspicion of shooting Lieutenant General Vladimir \u200dAlexeyev on Friday.<\/p>\n

“With the assistance of partners from the United Arab Emirates… [he] was detained in Dubai and handed over to the Russian side,” the security service said. Korba has since been flown back to Russia<\/strong><\/a>, according to security officials.<\/p>\n

Lt Gen Alexeyev was shot three times with a Makarov pistol equipped with a silencer in an apartment block on the Volokolamsk highway in northern Moscow, according to investigators. The perpetrator then fled the scene.<\/p>\n

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The 64-year-old was rushed to hospital and underwent surgery, Russian media said.<\/p>\n

Russian investigators have accused Ukraine<\/strong><\/a> of planning the shooting, but Kyiv has denied involvement.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Korba, born in the Ternopil region of Soviet Ukraine in 1960, was tasked by Ukrainian intelligence to carry out the shooting.<\/p>\n

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The FSB said it had identified two accomplices, also Russian citizens.<\/p>\n

One, Viktor Vasin, was detained in Moscow, while another, Zinaida Serebritskaya, escaped to Ukraine. Sky News was unable to immediately verify the details of the suspects.<\/p>\n

The UAE did not give any details about how Korba was detained.<\/p>\n

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