Michael Clarke analysis | Russian general shot in Moscow 'assassination attempt'

A senior ⁠Russian military official is in hospital after ‌being ‌shot in an assassination attempt in Moscow.

An unknown assailant fired several shots at ​Lieutenant ​General Vladimir ‍Alexeyev in a residential building on the Volokolamskoye Highway in the northwest of the city this morning before they fled, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.

Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage and a search to find the perpetrator is under way.

Alexeyev is deputy chief of the main directorate ‌of general staff at ‌the Russian Defence Ministry.

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