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Russia has announced plans to “interrogate” two individuals suspected in the attempted murder of a high-ranking military intelligence officer who was attacked in Moscow last Friday, as reported by a Russian newspaper.
The publication, Kommersant, revealed that investigators will soon question the two suspects linked to the shooting of Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, citing information from a source familiar with the investigation.
According to Reuters, following these interrogations, it is anticipated that the suspects will face formal charges.
Alekseyev, who serves as the deputy head of Russia’s GRU military intelligence, sustained three gunshot wounds at his apartment complex in Moscow and was immediately taken to a hospital for treatment.
The Russian Defense Ministry Press Service released a video on June 23, 2023, showing Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev addressing troops at an undisclosed location. (Image courtesy of the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
The Associated Press reported that the business daily Kommersant said the shooter posed as a delivery person and shot Alekseyev twice in the stairway of his apartment building, injuring him in the foot and arm. Alekseyev reportedly attempted to wrest the weapon away and was shot again in the chest before the attacker fled, the report said.
Kommersant reported that Alekseyev underwent successful surgery and regained consciousness Saturday but remained under medical supervision.
Russian news outlet TASS reported the surgery was successful and that Alekseyev’s injuries were not life-threatening.
Russian investigators and security personnel exit an apartment building in Moscow Feb. 6, 2026, after Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, a top Russian military intelligence official, was shot in an apparent assassination attempt. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
The outlet reported that the Investigative Committee launched a criminal investigation on charges of attempted murder and illicit trafficking in firearms.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Ukraine of being behind the assassination attempt, alleging — without providing evidence — that it was intended to sabotage peace talks. Ukraine denied any involvement.
Alekseyev, 64, has been under U.S. sanctions over alleged Russian cyber interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The European Union also sanctioned him over the 2018 poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England.
Police officers walk past a high-rise residential building, site of an assassination attempt on Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev in Moscow Feb. 6, 2026. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
The assassination attempt came as President Donald Trump’s administration has been seeking to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.
The warring nations agreed to a prisoner swap this week, according to readouts posted on X by U.S. special presidential envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff and Ukraine’s national security and defense council Minister Rustem Umerov.