Russia, Ukraine Foil Assassination Plot against Putin

World | February 27, 2012, Monday // 09:31
Bulgaria: Russia, Ukraine Foil Assassination Plot against Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin listens during a question-and-answer (Q&A) session in Moscow, Russia 15 December 2011. EPA/BGNES

A group of suspects have been arrested by Russian and Ukrainian special services on suspicions of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia's state television said Monday.

The Channel One said that the suspects were plotting to kill Putin in Moscow immediately after the March 4 presidential election, in which he is all but certain to reclaim the presidency.

The station said the suspects had been arrested in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odessa, but didn't give any further details.

Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the report to the ITAR-Tass news agency, but refused to disclose further details.

Russian and Ukrainian special services wouldn't comment on the report.

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