Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomaryov Targeted in Alleged Assassination Plot in U.S., Report Says
- On Tuesday, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported that a Russian intelligence network planned to assassinate exiled opposition figures Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomaryov in the United States this summer.
- Earlier this month, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging five men over alleged surveillance and targeted killings against the two opposition figures.
- Kasparov, a Chess grandmaster, received special protection in New York for the first time since 2013, while Russian nationals reportedly targeted Ivan Tyutrin and Bashkir activist Ruslan Gabbasov, who discovered a tracking device in his car in Lithuania.
- Ponomaryov told The Moscow Times that the allegations mark "a new level of escalation" by Russia, as Vladimir Kara-Murza is also viewed as a potential target.
- The Kremlin and the Russian Embassy in Washington have not commented on the allegations, though Moscow has previously denied carrying out targeted killings abroad.
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Garry Kasparov, famous opponent of Vladimir Putin, is under special protection in the United States after being informed of a Russian plot to assassinate him. The US prosecutor's office charged five...
The group was planning to assassinate other dissidents, claims the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, citing people from the opposition's environment.
Russian security services were preparing the murders of former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, as well as the founders of the Free Russia Forum, Garry Kasparov and Ivan Tyutrin, sources from the Spanish newspaper El Mundo from circles close to the opposition announced.
According to El Mundo, Russia may have prepared an assassination attempt against Ilya Ponomariov and Garry Kasparov in the United States.
Russian secret services were planning to assassinate Russian chess player and dissident Garry Kasparov this summer. The Spanish daily El Mundo has reported on the plan, which was uncovered by US authorities.
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