Russian security services have foiled an assassination attempt against former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after discovering a bomb hidden in a flower vase, according to a report by the newspaper Kommersant that was later confirmed by the FSB, as cited by The Moscow Times.
Shoigu had visited Moscow’s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery to pay respects at family graves when the explosive device—capable of being detonated remotely—was detected.
Authorities have launched an investigation and identified four suspects: an undocumented migrant from Central Asia, two Russian nationals with criminal records, and Jaloliddin Shamsov, a Kyiv resident wanted on charges of homicide and arms trafficking..
