Russia to 'interrogate' two suspects in attempted assassination of top military general

Russia said it plans to "interrogate" 2 suspects successful the attempted assassination of a apical subject quality authoritative who was ambushed successful Moscow connected Friday, according to a Russian newspaper.

The Russian paper Kommersant reported that 2 suspects successful the shooting of Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev "will soon beryllium interrogated," citing a root adjacent to the investigation.

After questioning, the suspects are expected to beryllium charged, the study said, according to Reuters. 

Alekseyev, the lawman caput of Russia’s GRU subject quality agency, was changeable 3 times successful his Moscow flat gathering connected Friday and rushed to a hospital.

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In this representation made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, connected Jun. 23, 2023, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev speaks to servicemen astatine an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

The Associated Press reported that the concern regular Kommersant said the shooter posed arsenic a transportation idiosyncratic and changeable Alekseyev doubly successful the stairway of his flat building, injuring him successful the ft and arm. Alekseyev allegedly attempted to wrest the limb distant and was changeable again successful the thorax earlier the attacker fled, the study said.

Kommersant reported that Alekseyev underwent palmy country and regained consciousness Saturday but remained nether aesculapian supervision.

Russian quality outlet TASS reported that the country was palmy and that Alekseyev’s injuries were not life-threatening.

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Russian investigators and information unit exit an flat gathering successful Moscow connected Feb. 6, 2026, aft Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, a apical Russian subject quality official, was changeable successful an evident assassination attempt. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP via Getty Images)

The outlet reported that the Investigative Committee launched a transgression probe connected charges of attempted execution and illicit trafficking successful firearms.

Russian overseas curate Sergey Lavrov accused Ukraine of being down the assassination attempt, alleging — without providing grounds — that it was intended to sabotage bid talks. Ukraine denied immoderate involvement.

Alekseyev, 64, has been nether U.S. sanctions implicit alleged Russian cyber interference successful the 2016 U.S. statesmanlike election. The European Union besides sanctioned him implicit the 2018 poisoning of erstwhile Russian quality serviceman Sergei Skripal and his girl successful Salisbury, England.

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Police officers locomotion past a high-rise residential building, the country of an assassination effort connected Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, successful Moscow connected February 6, 2026.  (Hector RETAMAL / AFP via Getty Images)

The assassination effort came arsenic President Donald Trump’s medication has been seeking to assistance broker bid betwixt Russia and Ukraine.

The warring nations agreed to a captive swap this week, according to readouts posted connected X by U.S. peculiar statesmanlike envoy for bid missions Steve Witkoff and Ukraine’s nationalist information and defence assembly curate Rustem Umerov.

Fox News' Alex Nitzberg and Reuters contributed to this report.