DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in US

The Justice Department has brought charges against five suspected Russian intelligence operatives for allegedly plotting attacks against the Kremlin's perceived enemies around the world, including the murder-for-hire of at least one prominent dissident in the U.S.

The indictment, which was unsealed in federal court in Manhattan, says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks, including murder, around the world." The network also allegedly conducted operations against civilian and military targets in European allies of Ukraine.