New evidence shows activists conspire with foreigners to overthrow Putin: Russia
Moscow says it has found new evidence that proves anti President Vladimir Putin activists have been involved in a riot plot to overthrow the Russian government with the help of foreigners. The federal Investigative Committee (SK) spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Friday that the agency had gathered new evidence confirming earlier allegations that opposition supporters had been conspiring with “foreign citizens” to overthrow the president in a coup. Markin added the activists traveled to other countries to get training for “organizing and conducting mass riots with the purpose of overthrowing the government.” The SK formally charged leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, Leonid Razvozzhayev and Konstantin Lebedev last month with plotting mass disorder. The charges were brought against them after Russia's NTV broadcast what it said was hidden-camera footage of Udaltsov meeting officials from Georgia in Minsk to discuss mounting a coup in Russia. The three men reject th