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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/UndyingCorn on 2025-03-11 22:16:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL In 1969 a Red Army deserter fired multiple shots at a motorcade carrying Leonid Brezhnev and several Cosmonauts. While the assassination attempt was unsuccessful, an official statement wasn’t released for several days. Many details were suppressed until years afterwards.