DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in US

The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks" worldwide.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4106x2737+0+0/resize/4106x2737!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff4%2F8a%2F2280d44f4c679f1780b99280bd07%2Fgettyimages-2295449441.jpg' alt='U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C.'/><p>The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks" worldwide.</p><p>(Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-143590' />