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🇷🇺 Russia's FSB arrests Uzbek citizen for committing terrorist attack that killed Russian General.

It is reported that the security forces identified and detained a citizen of Uzbekistan, born in 1995, who detonated an electric scooter laced with explosives near a residential building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow.

The suspected perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov has been detained.

He turned out to be a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan who was recruited by Ukraine's special services and promised a reward of $100,000 and a trip to one of the European Union countries, the press office of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) reported.

"The FSB has conducted joint operational and investigative actions with the Russian Interior Ministry and the Russian Investigative Committee.

As a result, the security forces identified and detained a citizen of Uzbekistan, born in 1995, who detonated a homemade explosive device near a residential building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow, killing Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, born in 1970, and his assistant, Major Polikarpov, born in 1983," the press office said.

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🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping has reportedly rejected Donald Trump’s invitation for a history-making guest appearance at next month’s presidential inauguration.

The snub, reported by CBS News, will come as a blow to the president-elect and his plans for a spectacular swearing-in event on January 20 to mark his return to the White House.

A foreign head of state has never attended a U.S. inauguration, according to State Department records, but Trump has also invited Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Argentinean President Javier Milei, and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to turn it into a global event.

No explanation has been given for Xi’s decision not to travel to Washington. The invite was made just after Trump’s 2024 presidential election triumph.

“This is an example of President Trump creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just allies but our adversaries and our competitors, too,” his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Thursday.

Despite Trump’s claims that he has a good relationship with the Chinese leader, his presidency begins with fears of a trade war with Beijing over punitive tariffs proposed during the presidential election campaign.

China is reportedly considering imposing its own tariffs in a bid to beat Trump to it and force him to the negotiating table.

Reuters || Oil Price