Plot to kill PM Vladimir Putin foiled, pro-government TV channel reports

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An undated photograph from a Russian television report shows a man said to be Adam Osmayev, one of the suspected militants conspiring to kill Vladimir Putin. Both of Osmayev's hands were bandaged, and his face was covered in green dots from an antiseptic used to treat his cuts.

Updated at 9:25 a.m. ET: MOSCOW -- Security forces have uncovered a plot to assassinate Russia's Vladimir Putin and have arrested suspects linked to a Chechen rebel leader known for other terror attacks, Russian state television reported Monday.

Pro-government Channel One said that the suspects were plotting to kill Putin in Moscow immediately after the March 4 presidential election, in which he is all but certain to reclaim the presidency.

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