AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - DOJ indicts five Russian intelligence operatives for murder-for-hire and terrorism plots on U.S. soil
Federal prosecutors have charged five suspected Russian intelligence operatives with conspiracy to finance terrorism and plotting to murder Kremlin critics inside the United States and across Europe, and all five remain at large. The Justice Department unsealed the indictment in federal court in Manhattan, laying out what prosecutors described as a sprawling network that recruited […] The post DOJ indicts five Russian intelligence operatives for murder-for-hire and terrorism plots on U.S. soil appeared first on American Almanac .
Federal prosecutors have charged five suspected Russian intelligence operatives with conspiracy to finance terrorism and plotting to murder Kremlin critics inside the United States and across Europe, and all five remain at large. The Justice Department unsealed the indictment in federal court in Manhattan, laying out what prosecutors described as a sprawling network that recruited people on American soil to surveil and kill Russian dissidents, used coded language to mask assassination plans, and funneled cryptocurrency to operatives staging attacks in NATO countries. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges from the White House Rose Garden. The case lands as one of the most serious publicly alleged Russian intelligence…Open