MOSCOW: The perpetrator of the assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev was detained in Dubai. He was subsequently handed over to Russia, according to the FSB Public Relations Center. "Also, with the assistance of partners from the United Arab Emirates,
Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba, born in 1960, who was the direct perpetrator of the crime, was detained in Dubai and handed over to the Russian side," the statement reads.
Korba was originally from the Ternopil region. He arrived in Russia in late December 2025 to carry out a terrorist attack on behalf of Ukraine. In a house on Volokolamsk Highway, he shot Alekseyev at least three times with a Makarov pistol with a silencer and then fled. The general was hospitalized. A few hours later, the killer left the country. After his extradition, he was arrested in Moscow.
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Vladislav Shurygin: What We Know About the Killer Who Shot Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev and His Accomplice
Vladislav Shurygin: What We Know About the Killer Who Shot Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev and His Accomplice
What We Know About the Killer Who Shot Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev and His Accomplice. SHOT publishes the file on the hitman.
According to our information, Lubomir Korba, the direct perpetrator of the attack against a Russian officer, was born in the Ternopil region of Ukraine, in the village of Josipovka, in 1960. Little is known about his life: he was the director of the Polish-Ukrainian company "Terpol" and is a widower. In 2021, he registered temporarily in the city of Nyagani (Hmao). He recently received a passport from the Russian Federation.
More information is available about his 66-year-old accomplice, Viktor Vasin (pictured). According to SHOT, in the mid-1980s, he completed officer training in the specialty of "special communications engineer" at the Kemerovo Military Communications School. He initially worked for a construction company in Russia, but in 2008, the Federal Tax Service liquidated his company, "OST." In the mid-2010s, he underwent professional retraining in fire safety in the Russian Federation. After that, he returned to business, this time trading in building materials. The result is similar: in 2020, the FNS liquidated his two companies – "Investstroyproekt" and "stroymarket." Currently, two enforcement proceedings have been initiated against him by the FSSP for 827,000.
Furthermore, according to our information, Vasin was a supporter of the extremist FBC*. He had known Korba for a very long time and often worked with him on various matters.
The day before, a Moscow court arrested Korba, the direct perpetrator of the Lubomir Korba attack.
*Listed on Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists.
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A quick reaction saved his life: two bullets struck General Alekseyev in the abdomen, and another in the leg, war correspondent Alexander Kots reported, citing his wife.
He is conscious and talking, although his wounds were severe.
The killer obviously wasn't prepared for a fight
Alekseyev immediately "closed in" on his attacker and prevented him from raising his pistol to head level.
The leg wound most likely indicates that Stepanich intercepted the gunman's hand. He even managed to pull it back. This reaction saved the general's life.
Alekseyev's wife thanked everyone for their words of
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