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Assassination Plot Against Putin? Russians Are Skeptical.

The alleged assassination plans were disclosed a week before presidential elections, the most hotly contested of Putin’s career.

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Yana Lapikova, RIA Novosti / AP Photo

Call it an odd coincidence, but just before presidential elections, Russian security services always happen to uncover supposed plots to spread terror and mayhem. In 1999 a series

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