A spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said that “taking into account the overall picture of the crime”, three men were charged with committing a terrorist act. Charges have also been brought against one woman, but she will be charged in absentia.
How many people were accused of the attack on Vladimir Alekseev?
When did the assassination of the GRU deputy chief take place?
What is the condition of General Vladimir Alekseev?
What charges were brought against the defendants?
Behind the scenes of the attack
Russian media, citing witnesses, wrote that Alexeyev was shot in the back with several shots at 7 a.m. (5 a.m. Polish time) when he left the apartment and was walking through the corridor towards the elevator.
Who is Vladimir Alekseev
Vladimir Alexeyev is the first deputy head of the GRU – Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This is the former military intelligence service of the USSR, now of Russia.
Ukrainian intelligence estimates that Alexeyev is also responsible for, among others, for organizing data needed for missile and air attacks on the territory of Ukraine and for “legalizing the Russian presence in the occupied territories by organizing the so-called referenda.”
