# The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

https://mins.news/en/item/29613

- The Guardian, 2026-08-23 04:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/23/ordinary-woman-margarita-reutt-accused-assassinating-russian-commander-crimea

> A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin killed Robert Shageev, deputy commander of a Russian Black Sea fleet submarine brigade, in Sevastopol. Russian investigators detained Margarita Reutt and said she confessed to carrying out the attack for a Ukrainian intelligence-linked handler, although those claims could not be independently verified.

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