Russian intelligence
Russian intelligence is a collective term for the intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation conducting operations abroad. The principal bodies are the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, formerly known as the GRU. Their remit covers foreign intelligence collection, agent recruitment, and special operations in support of the state's foreign and security policy.
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US indicts five alleged Russian intelligence operatives for murder-for-hire and sabotage plots targeting Ukraine's allies
The US Department of Justice has charged five people it says are linked to Russian intelligence services with conspiracy to finance terrorism and, in three cases, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York allege the network recruited US-based individuals to surveil and kill Russian opposition figures in Washington and Lithuania, and coordinated sabotage attacks in European countries that support Ukraine. All five defendants remain at large; the Kremlin has rejected the allegations.