The Aporia · DOJ charges Russians for allegedly financing terrorism, murder-for-hire plots

Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday that an indictment has been filed in the Southern District of New York against several Russian citizens, alleging they worked with Russia's intelligence community to finance terrorism and plot murder-for-hire schemes internationally. The charges include an alleged conspiracy to assassinate a Russian dissident believed to be in Washington, D.C. This announcement was made during a press conference at the White House Rose Garden. No specific names or documents related to the indictment were released immediately.

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On Tuesday, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced charges against five Russians, including former colonel Yuri Khrameev and his son Kirill Khrameev, for allegedly working with Russian intelligence to plot murders of dissidents both in Europe and the United States. The indictment, unsealed in Manhattan federal court, includes efforts to murder a prominent Russian dissident believed to be living in Washington D.C and surveilling another one in Lithuania. The conspirators also attempted to recruit individuals in the U.S. to carry out acts of terrorism against civilian and military infrastructure in European countries supporting Ukraine since 2024. Federal authorities say they disrupted these plans, highlighting Russia's use of destabilizing tactics similar to those seen in Europe but now potentially targeting American soil.

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DOJ charges Russians for allegedly financing terrorism, murder-for-hire plots Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges Tuesday. uncertain

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Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday that an indictment has been unsealed in the Southern District of New York charging multiple Russian citizens he said worked for the country's intelligence community for allegedly financing terrorism and conspiring to commit murder plots around the world. uncertain

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The indictment, Blanche said, includes alleged efforts by the group to murder a Russian dissident whom they believed was located in the Washington, D.C. area. asserted

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Blanche made the announcement at a White House Rose Garden press conference. asserted

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