From the Skripal poisonings to the invasion of Ukraine to subverting American elections, it is hard to think of a Russian outrage Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev has not been involved in. He is now fighting for his life in a Moscow hospital, the victim himself of foul play. The military intelligence deputy chief had a role in so many of Vladimir Putin's acts of malice stretching back decades. And he would have had no shortage of enemies. And yet, this high-ranking soldier spy was so badly protected that his would-be killer was able to shoot him several times at close...