The U.S. Department of Justice charged five people over alleged Russian intelligence-linked plots involving surveillance, recruitment and planned killings, including attacks targeting Russian dissiden

Intelligence summary

The U.S. Department of Justice charged five people over alleged Russian intelligence-linked plots involving surveillance, recruitment and planned killings, including attacks targeting Russian dissidents in the U.S. and Lithuania. The suspects — a Russian father and son, two Cuban nationals and a Venezuelan national — were allegedly involved in recruiting people for surveillance and murder-for-hire operations. One recruit was offered $40,000 to “eliminate” a U.S.-based target, while anoth