On February 4, Putin dismissed Sergei Ivanov from his position as presidential special representative. On February 5, the second round of trilateral negotiations in the UAE concluded. On February 6, GRU First Deputy Chief Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev was shot dead on the stairwell of the 24th floor of a building on Volokolamsk Highway. On February 7, on a bypass road near Rublevo Highway, the brakes failed in the car of Major General Alexander Volosov, former deputy to Shoigu.
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