The direct executor of the assassination attempt on General Vladimir Alexeev has been identified as Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba, the Russian security service stated.
"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 arrested in Dubai and handed over to the Russian authorities," the statement said.
The accomplices in the assassination attempt have been identified as Russian citizens Viktor Vasinin and Zinaida Serebritskaya.
"In the framework of the criminal case opened by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation regarding the assassination attempt on the First Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, the accomplices of this crime have been identified: Russian citizens Vasinin Viktor, born in 1959, and Serebritskaya Zinaida, born in 1971," the statement reads.
Serebritskaya has left for Ukraine, while Vasinin has been arrested in Moscow.
As previously reported by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, an unknown assailant shot at Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev in a residential building in Moscow on February 6. He was hospitalized. A criminal case has been opened on charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the assassination attempt on Alexeyev demonstrates that Ukraine is willing to engage in constant provocations aimed at disrupting the negotiation process.