Russia says second suspect in general’s shooting arrested in Dubai

Lyubomir Korba is extradited from the UAE, where he fled hours after Friday’s attack, Russia’s FSB says.Published On 8 Feb 2026A man accused of shooting a high-ranking Russian military official on Friday has been taken into custody, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).The suspect, Russian national Lyubomir Korba, was arrested and extradited from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where he fled hours after the attack, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing the FSB.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Senior Russian officer shot in Moscow in apparent assassination attemptlist 2 of 3Trump rejects call from Russia’s Putin to extend cap on nuclear deploymentslist 3 of 3How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia’s winter warend of listKorba is accused of ambushing and shooting Russia’s deputy military intelligence chief, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, in the stairway of his Moscow apartment building, leaving him with wounds in his arm, leg and chest. Alekseyev was hospitalised and has undergone surgery, according to Russian media.Korba was detained in Dubai with assistance from UAE partners, according to the FSB, Russia’s primary intelligence and security agency.An alleged accomplice was arrested in Moscow while another, a woman, crossed into Ukraine, the FSB said. TASS added that “a search for the organisers of the attack is ongoing.”Moscow blames KyivRussian officials accused Ukraine of being behind the attack, which occurred a day after peace talks involving Russian, Ukrainian and United States officials had concluded in Abu Dhabi with a prisoner swap but no breakthrough on ending Russia’s four-year war on Ukraine.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the shooting a “terrorist act” by Ukraine aimed at sabotaging those talks.The incident is the latest in a series of attacks on senior Russian military officers that Moscow has attributed to Ukraine.