3 Arrested in Kremlin Plot to Stage Arson Attacks Across Multiple Countries

Three more arrests have been made as the Kremlin apparently outsources its dirty work to down-on-their-luck young men across Europe who are happy to set a fires in exchange for a few thousand euros.

The latest figures in what appears to be a sprawling sabotage scheme are two Belarusian men in their 30s and a 40-year-old Polish man, all of whom, Polish prosecutors say, were hired to carry out sabotage for Russian intelligence.

Sources cited by the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita say the three men were offered 10,000 euros ($10,830) for each facility set ablaze. Investigators say they planned to set fire to shopping malls, restaurants, and construction warehouses in three different cities but were stopped before they could.

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