PARIS: Police in France detained four people suspected in a plot targeting exiled Russian rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, who exposes abuses in Russian prisons, France’s national anti-terror prosecution office said. In an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Osechkin, who founded a rights group for prisoners in the notoriously tough Russian carceral system, said he believed Russia’s security services were behind a plot to kill him after he saw video evidence from French police, including video footage of his home.

On Thursday, France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office announced the arrests of four men involved in a suspected plot to assassinate Vladimir Osechkin, a Russian…

Vladimir Osechkin, founder of group monitoring Russian prison conditions, confirms attempt on his life

PARIS: Police in France detained four people suspected in a plot targeting exiled Russian rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, who exposes abuses in Russian prisons, France’s…

The non-profit group led by Vladimir Ossetchkine specializes in releasing videos exposing abuses, including rape and torture, committed in Russian prisons. Ossetchkine previously…