INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
plotting to assassinate a Russian defense industry executive.The FSB identified the man as a Russian citizen born in 1984, accusing him of
car bomb targeting a defense executive in the Sverdlovsk region, a major hub for Russian defense manufacturing.FSB agents reportedly killed
the man during a gunfight as he attempted to place the IED in a cache
state news agencies showed the body of a man in a wooded area holding a handgun, along with images of what the FSB claimed were the
explosive device components found in a garage.The FSB did not identify the alleged target of the assassination plot, describing him only as
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