Russia foils ‘Chechen plot’ to assassinate Vladimir Putin

Mr Putin did not comment on Monday morning but his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov,
confirmed the murder plot was real.

There is likely to be speculation that news of the plot – apparently exposed
several weeks ago – was deliberately released by Kremlin-controlled media
just before the presidential vote, in order to bolster one of Mr Putin’s
favourite electoral tactics: suggesting that foreign-backed wreckers are
trying to destabilise the motherland.

Channel One made a point of mentioning that Osmayev lived for several years in
London, which is also home to Akhmed Zakayev, the Chechen rebel envoy whom
Moscow has tried unsuccessfully to extradite.

An FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) operative showed videos of Mr
Putin’s cortege found on Osmayev’s computer. “These were in order to
understand where the bodyguards sit and how many cars are escorting, from
different angles and streets,” he explained.

Madayev and Pyanzin, a Kazakh citizen, were said to have flown to Ukraine from
the United Arab Emirates via Turkey “with precise instructions from
representatives of Doku Umarov.”

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