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Russia claims to have foiled an assassination attempt in Crimea

The Russian-appointed governor of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, has thanked authorities, claiming they had saved his life [File:Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters]

Russia has claimed to have thwarted a Ukrainian assassination attempt on Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-installed head of Crimea.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement on Monday that it had arrested a Russian national recruited as an assassin by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency, alleging the suspect had undergone explosives, reconnaissance and sabotage training in Ukraine.

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