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16 September 2026

US charges 5 people over Russia-backed plots

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US charges 5 people over Russia-backed plots

US prosecutors accuse the foreign nationals of conducting surveillance, attacks, and murder-for-hire operations for Moscow — just after a DW investigation identified one of the suspects as a salsa teacher in Russia.

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