US charges five alleged Russian agents over Western assassination plots
US authorities charged five alleged Russian intelligence operatives over sabotage and murder plots, while a German court convicted a man in a separate Russian parcel bomb scheme.
United States prosecutors have charged five alleged Russian intelligence operatives for managing a covert network tasked with carrying out assassinations and sabotage targeting supporters of Ukraine across North America and Europe. According to federal indictments unsealed in Manhattan, the suspects remain at large after paying operatives to surveil and attack targets, including during a June 2024 incident in Prague.
Meanwhile, a regional court in Stuttgart, Germany, convicted a Ukrainian national over a separate Russian-directed scheme involving explosive parcel bombs. Prosecutors established that the convict and two accomplices dispatched packages equipped with tracking devices from Germany to Ukraine. The court determined the operation was orchestrated by a Russian state entity to destabilize public confidence in security.
Sources: BBC News, Cyprus Mail, France24, OCCRP, The Guardian.
Sources
- Cyprus Mail — German court convicts Ukrainian man over parcel bomb plot tied to Russia
- The Guardian — Russia plotting to kill Ukraine allies in US and Europe, FBI says
- France24 — US announces charges against five alleged agents for Russia over assassination plots
- BBC News — US accuses Russia of trying to kill Ukrainian allies overseas
- OCCRP — US Charges Russian Network in Alleged European Sabotage, US Murder Plot
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