Russian authorities say a deputy chief of its military intelligence agency has been shot and wounded. Officials say Lt. Gen.

The Kremlin said Russian and US negotiators agreed on the urgent need to launch new nuclear arms talks after New START expired, as Washington pushed to include China in any future treaty.

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A top Russian military intelligence official was shot in his Moscow apartment building and rushed to hospital on Friday, investigators said, the latest in a series of assassination attempts Russia has blamed on Ukraine.

EADaily, February 6th, 2026. In the north-west of Moscow, an attempt was made on the first deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (already GU, renamed) General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseev.

A major fire engulfed a Moscow building housing Russian media outlets including Izvestia, REN TV and Channel Five today, forcing an emergency evacuation

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New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable.