Russian general shot in Moscow regains consciousness
A senior Russian military intelligence official who was shot in Moscow has regained consciousness after undergoing emergency surgery, according to Russian media reports. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, was seriously wounded on Friday after being attacked inside his apartment building in the north-west of the capital. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition and placed in a medically induced coma following surgery. On Saturday, doctors said his condition had stabilised and that the immediate threat to his life had passed, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported. Investigators say the 64-year-old general was ambushed on the stair landing of his residential block, where he was shot three times. According to sources cited by the Kommersant newspaper, he was struck in the chest or abdomen before the attacker fled with an accomplice. Residents in […]
