Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomaryov Targeted in Alleged Assassination Plot in U.S., Report Says
The indictment says a recruited operative photographed Washington locations and refused to carry out the killing.
- 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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El Mundo reports Russian authorities plotted to kill former Russian lawmaker Ilya Ponomarev and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov in the U.S.
Russian authorities spent several months planning to assassinate opposition figures Ilya Ponomarev and Garry Kasparov in the United States, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported.
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 opposition actors whose murder in the United States was planned by a network linked to the Russian authorities were the former world chess champion Harry Kasparov and the ex-member of the State Duma, Ilya Ponomarev, who supported Ukraine in its war with Russia, claiming, with reference to sources, including those surrounded by opponents, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomaryov Targeted in Alleged Assassination Plot in U.S., Report Says
A Russian intelligence network planned to assassinate exiled opposition figures Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomaryov in the United States this summer, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported Tuesday.
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