Man pleads guilty to assassinating Russian general on SBU orders

kommersant.ru (Russian)

A man has pleaded guilty to the assassination of a Russian General, admitting he planted a bomb in the victim's car. The defendant, Ignat Kuzin, confessed to acting on behalf of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), which allegedly promised him $18,000 and new documents for the act. The bombing occurred in April, killing Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik. Kuzin was apprehended in Turkey and extradited to Russia.


With a significance score of 3.1, this news ranks in the top 9.2% of today's 27733 analyzed articles.

Get summaries of news with significance over 5.5 (usually ~10 stories per week). Read by 10,000+ subscribers:


Man pleads guilty to assassinating Russian general on SBU orders | News Minimalist