"scientist, associate professor"

"Deputy General Designer, Head of the Software Department of the Mars Design Bureau"

Doesn't sound like a Software Engineer as most think of the title and responsibilities

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-top-russia...

I wonder what Palmer Luckey[0] from Anduril[1], which makes drones for Ukraine, thinks about this precedent.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anduril_Industries

The US gov't has to approve any military transfers. Russia would be taking a big risk assassinating a US citizen

As far as precedent, two countries are at war, pretty normal to assassinate. Not the first, not the last