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"Moscow paid and trained a ring of insurgents in a bid to overthrow Armenia’s
pro-Western government earlier this year, prosecutors in the country have said,
but local security forces disrupted the alleged plot.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Investigative Committee of the Republic of
Armenia said seven people would be charged with “preparing to usurp power …
using violence and the threat of violence to take over the powers of
government.”
According to the officials, six Armenians were recruited to undergo three
months of training in Russia and were paid monthly salaries of 220,000 rubles
($2,377) while learning how to use weaponry. They also reportedly underwent
background checks and polygraph tests to determine their allegiances, before
being transferred to “Arbat military base” in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for
comment."
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