Once again, no matter how far, the enemy will be eliminated! After a Russian Defense Ministry general was assassinated, the Kremlin issued an order and multiple countries joined forces to capture the assassin from Dubai and bring him back to Moscow!
On the morning of February 6, 2026, gunfire erupted in a stairwell of a common residential building in Moscow. Vladimir Alekseyev, a major general and deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff, was shot at close range near his doorstep. The attacker fired several shots and quickly fled the scene. The 64-year-old military intelligence official was wounded in the back and was once critically ill, but according to multiple sources on February 7, he has regained consciousness and can speak, having left the critical period.
Within less than 48 hours of the incident, the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the case had been solved: the main suspect and several accomplices had been detained. More notably, one of the core suspects was not arrested within Russia, but was instead extradited from the United Arab Emirates' Dubai. This detail quickly sparked international public opinion — how could an assassin hiding in a Middle Eastern financial hub be identified, arrested, and handed over within just two days?
Former parliament member Tchaliyev revealed that this arrest operation was not solely carried out by Russia alone, but rather "a number of countries' intelligence agencies were involved together." Gao Ge believes that although Tchaliyev did not name specific countries, considering the geopolitical reality and recent diplomatic moves, it is reasonable to speculate that some Middle Eastern countries, and even certain European countries that had previously had tense relations with Russia but have recently sought to ease tensions, provided key support under counter-terrorism or intelligence exchange frameworks.
This is not a coincidence. Since the full-scale escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022, there have been frequent assassination attempts against senior Russian officers. In the past 14 months alone, at least three generals have been killed in Russia, including Major General Salvarov, who died in a car explosion in Moscow in December 2025, and earlier, Colonel Kirillov, the commander of the nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare unit, who was killed by a remote-controlled bomb. These attacks are highly professional — remote detonation, precise reconnaissance, and quick withdrawal — all pointing to a behind-the-scenes force with national-level intelligence resources, and the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Service (GUR) has long been considered the main suspect by Russia.
At a crucial moment in the Russia-Ukraine negotiations, this assassination incident cast a shadow over whether the negotiations could reach an agreement. However, it can also be seen that the United States clearly cooperated with Russia in arresting the assassin, which is probably the most tragic thing for Ukraine.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856531225187332/
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