A 29-year-old Uzbek citizen has been detained for allegedly planting the bomb that killed senior Russian general and his assistant, the Russian Investigative Committee said Wednesday.

Russian authorities said Wednesday that a suspect has been detained in connection with Tuesday's explosion in Moscow that killed a top Kremlin general and his aide.

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By Chris Summers Contributing Writer An Uzbekistan national who allegedly planted a scooter bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov has been arrested in Moscow, says the Russian investigative committee.

The Russian prosecutor’s office said the suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb on the orders of Ukrainian agents.

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Russia’s security service says it has detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his Moscow apartment — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine’s security service.

A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.

An Uzbekistan man has been detained by authorities, suspected in the murder of Igor Kirillov, a senior general, and his assistant in a shocking attack in the heart of Russia.

Russia said on Wednesday it had detained a man from Uzbekistan over the killing of a senior Russian general and his assistant in Moscow a day earlier. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s ...

A 29-year-old Uzbekistan citizen has been detained over the death of Kirillov and his assistant, state media says.

The Leningrad Region hosted an informal meeting of the leaders of countries − members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.