By bne IntelliNews The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Moscow on December 18 commented on the situation following the detention of a 29-year-old Uzbek national over the scooter-bomb assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov,

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’

Authorities said they had arrested an Uzbek national born in 1995 for working with Ukrainian special services to plant a bomb on a scooter outside the general's residence.

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

As the Ukraine war drags on, Central Asian nationals, including Uzbeks in Russia – particularly those in Russian prisons – are increasingly vulnerable. Can Tashkent protect their rights?

Russian investigators detained a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan in connection with Tuesday's assassination of a general in Moscow, an attack in a residential neighborhood for which Ukraine claimed credit.

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Akhmadzhon Kurbonov was ordered detained by a Moscow court in the scooter bombing that killed Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov. Ukraine had claimed responsibility for attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed the cooperation of their two countries in the fight against terrorism in a phone call on Thursday, the Kremlin said.

A court in Moscow charged Uzbek citizen Ahmat Qurbanov on December 19 with terrorism and other charges in the high-profile killing of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia's Nuclear, Biological,