The FBI thwarted a Russian plot to kill a prominent dissident in Washington, authorities say
Prosecutors say the network recruited U.S. operatives and offered up to $40,000 after the target refused to be killed.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced charges against five Russian nationals accused of financing terrorism and plotting targeted killings in the United States and European nations supporting Ukraine.
- The RIS Network, described as an arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus, has conspired to conduct attacks and murders worldwide since at least 2024, prosecutors alleged in the indictment.
- Recruiters offered $40,000 to 'eliminate' a U.S.-based Russian dissident, while a separate plot involved $25,000 to murder an individual in Lithuania, according to court documents.
- FBI field offices disrupted the plots through relentless work, according to officials, though all five suspects named in the indictment remain at large.
- Intelligence services have recently shifted focus from targeting Russian dissidents to attacking nations perceived as allies of Ukraine, expanding the scope of their operations.
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Russian intelligence services are preparing targeted assassinations of people in both the United States and European countries. This concerns individuals who support Ukraine. Federal authorities in New York announced this on Tuesday. The indictment revealed the existence of a network of individuals recruited by the Russian intelligence service aimed at carrying out attacks worldwide – and who actually did so.
The group, which has been active for at least two years, has tried to assassinate this summer in the United States "an important Russian dissident".
U.S. accuses Russia of plot to kill a prominent dissident in Washington
The Kremlin orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot against a prominent Russian dissident in Washington, D.C., this summer, the Department of Justice has said, as it unsealed charges against five people it alleged were part of a “global assassination network” aimed at causing “destruction and mayhem around the world.”
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