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Moldovan Citizen Detained in Russia Over Suspected Plot to Assassinate Senior Russian Serviceman

FSB says a Ukrainian intelligence officer recruited the 21-year-old through social media, and authorities filed attempted murder and arms trafficking charges.

Summary
A 21-year-old Moldovan citizen has been detained in the Astrakhan region, suspected of attempting to assassinate a high-ranking Russian serviceman near Engels. The FSB claims he was promised 70 thousand dollars for the assassination. There is no independent confirmation of this version.

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In the Astrakhan region Nicolae Cociu, a 21-year-old Moldovan citizen, suspected of attempted murder of an officer in the senior leadership of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence, was detained, FSB representatives announced.

·Bucharest, Romania
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In the Astrakhan region of Russia, an agent of the Ukrainian intelligence services has been detained and has attempted to kill a high-ranking Russian soldier, as reported by the Federal Security Council. Russian security forces have taken another Ukrainian agent. According to information provided by the Federal Security Service, this is a citizen of Moldova.

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has detained a local mobilized serviceman in the Mykolaiv region who helped coordinate Russian strikes against southern Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. The investigation has established that while serving in one of the artillery brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the suspect helped direct Russian missile and drone strikes against…

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The FSB reported the detention of a citizen of Moldova in the case of an attempt on an officer of the Russian Air and Space Forces.

·Moscow, Russian Federation (the)
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In Astrakhan province, a Ukrainian agent was detained trying to shoot a Russian soldier in the village of Engels on 3 September, as reported by Svetlana Petrenko, an official of the SCR, today...

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anna-news.info broke the news on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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