Russian plot to execute American man on Nato soil only foiled 'at last minute'

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Poland is claiming that it thwarted a Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw.

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He was inconvenient from the point of view of the Putin regime," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

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CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.

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A Russian attempt to execute an American citizen in Poland has been foiled at the "last minute".Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced his country had arrested a Russian who allegedly planned to kill a man in Warsaw."Thanks to the truly brilliant action of our services...

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We detained a Russian citizen recruited by Russian intelligence services," Mr Tusk said."At the last minute, thanks to the action of the Internal Security Agency and the police, we managed to prevent this execution, this attack," he added.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The Polish leader described the alleged target as a man who was "inconvenient to the Putin regime".He held both American and Ukrainian passports.Mr Tusk said this marked the first time someone had been hired by Moscow to attack an American citizen inside another Nato country.In June, a Russian artist critical of President Vladimir Putin was shot and killed in an eastern Polish town, prosecutors said.This is not the first time an alleged...

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