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Russia says US dual citizen behind Lukashenko murder plot
By EUobserver
A dual US-Belarusian citizen, Yuri Zenkovich, and a Belarusian dissident, Alexander Feduta, were behind plans to assassinate Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko in a putsch on 9 May, Russia's main spy service, the FSB, said Sunday after arresting the two men. Lukashenko, this weekend, said the US was behind a speared plot to kill or kidnap his children. But the US state department said this was "absolutely untrue".