MOSCOW (AP) — A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday.
The Investigative Committee said Ignat Kuzin admitted he was paid to kill Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces.
Moskalik was killed Friday by a bomb in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow.
Ukrainian authorities did not comment on the attack, the second in four months targeting a top Russian military officer that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine amid the conflict between the neighboring countries.
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed on Dec. 17, 2024, when a bomb hidden on an electric scooter parked outside his apartment building exploded as he left for his office. Ukraine’s security agency acknowledged it was behind the attack.
Kirillov was the chief of Russia’s Radiation, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces, the special troops tasked with protecting the military from the enemy’s use of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and ensuring operations in a contaminated environment. Kirillov’s assistant also died in the attack.
Kirillov was under sanctions from several countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada, for his actions in the fighting in Ukraine.
This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Investigative Committee on Sunday, April 27, 2025, shows the man identified as Ignat Kuzin, who is suspecting in the killing of a Russian general by a car bomb on Friday pleaded guilty and was charged with terrorism, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Sunday. (Investigative Committee of Moscow via AP)
Investigators work at the scene where Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo)
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APQC, the benchmarking and best practices authority, has elected Salima Lin, Managing Partner, Strategy, M&A, Transformation, and Thought Leadership for IBM Consulting, to its board of directors.
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“Salima Lin is the ideal candidate for the APQC board of directors at this point in its evolution,” says Carla O’Dell, APQC’s chairman of the board. “She is a fierce advocate for both benchmarking and thought leadership as strategic business capabilities in any organization that wants to remain competitive in this AI era. That’s especially appropriate as APQC builds out its new Global Thought Leadership Institute (GTLI), which has been launched to help drive standardization and value delivery, along with building performance benchmarks for thought leadership producing organizations.”
IBM, a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI and consulting expertise, is focused on helping clients capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, and gain a competitive edge with innovations in AI, quantum computing, and industry-specific cloud solutions. IBM and APQC have a long history of collaboration in the development of the Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative. Lin also oversees the IBM Institute for Business Value, which is a founding member of the GTLI, is ranked #1 in thought leadership quality by Source Global, and has won multiple awards for its evidence-based studies.
“It is an honor to serve on APQC’s Board of Directors,” Lin says. “I am eager to support the Center’s efforts to advance the use of benchmarking as a strategic competence and competitive advantage, and I am equally as excited about the opportunities offered through the GTLI.”
Lin has more than 25 years of management consulting and leadership experience, advising numerous Fortune 500 companies in developing and executing business and operating strategies, driving transformation, developing new business models, and operationalizing process improvements. She has a master’s degree in health policy and administration from Harvard and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and biology from Simon Fraser University.
About APQC
APQC helps organizations work smarter, faster, and with greater confidence. With over 45 years of experience, it is the world’s foremost authority in benchmarking, best practices, process and performance improvement, and knowledge management. More than 1,000 member organizations worldwide across 60 industries rely on APQC for the information, data, and insights organizations need to support decision-making and develop internal skills. Learn more at www.apqc.org.
APQC Names Salima Lin, Managing Partner, Strategy, M&A, Transformation, and Thought Leadership for IBM Consulting, to Board of Directors
