Russia has pointed the finger at Britain after one of Vladimir Putin’s most senior military spy chiefs was gunned down.
Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, 64, deputy head of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, was shot at a residential building in Moscow on February 6.
He was left seriously injured and taken to hospital, but is expected to survive.
Russia’s counterintelligence chief today claimed there was a “British trace” behind the shooting, alleging it was carried out by Ukrainian special services.
Whilst no evidence has been provided, Russia’s counterintelligence chief today claimed there was a “British trace” behind the shooting and alleged it was carried out by Ukrainian special services.
Alexander Bortnikov, 74, director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), said: “We clearly understand that the organisers are the Ukrainian special services.
“And behind them stand third countries, which we have spoken about before, that the Ukrainian special services operate under the supervision, or with the supervision, of Western intelligence services.
“We see a British trace above all here. Therefore, the investigation is continuing.”
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