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France has arrested four people in a probe into a suspected plot against an unnamed Russian dissident, anti-terror prosecutors said Thursday.
Le Parisien newspaper reported earlier that Vladimir Osechkin, who leads the Gulagu.net project that specializes in uncovering abuses in Russian prisons, was the target of a "liquidation plot."
Contacted by AFP, prosecutors did not wish to identify the Russian dissident thought to have been targeted.
"The national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) has opened an investigation on the charge of taking part in a terrorist association with a view to preparing one or more crimes against persons," it said in a statement.
Four men aged 26 to 38 had been arrested on Monday.
Le Parisien said they were French nationals or from the republic of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus region.
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