FSB reported Uzbekistan's assistance in investigating the murder of General Kirillov

Uzbek special services are assisting in the investigation of the murder of the head of the Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov. This was reported in the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia on December 19.

It noted that the FSB of the Russian Federation together with the special services of Uzbekistan are conducting operational and investigative measures to establish possible accomplices and other circumstances of the detonation of an improvised explosive device, which killed two servicemen.

"Special services of the Republic of Uzbekistan are providing all possible assistance," the agency said.

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Kirillov and his assistant died on the morning of December 17 as a result of detonation of an explosive device that was placed in a scooter near the entrance of an apartment building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow. A criminal case of murder, terrorist act and illegal arms trafficking has been opened.

The FSB reported the detention of the 29-year-old suspect the very next day. During interrogation, the attacker said that he had been recruited by the Ukrainian security services. He could face punishment up to life imprisonment. Later, on December 19, the suspect was investigated.

Then Basmanny court of Moscow arrested Akhmad Kurbanov, a suspect in the terrorist attack, until February 17.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 19 that the murder of the general and his aide was committed in a way that was dangerous to many. He characterized the crime as a terrorist act.

In October, at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State, Putin said that the fight against terrorism, extremism and organized crime is a key area of joint work of the association's countries. According to the Russian leader, this is facilitated by the operational interaction of law enforcement agencies and competent bodies established in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Back in March, Putin said that terrorists have no nationality and that "one unenviable fate awaits all of them: retribution and oblivion.