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Alastair Lockhart

REVEALED: Wagner spies plotted to blow up mayfair restaurant and kidnap its owner - The Real Truth

Jake Reeves and Dylan Earl - (PA)

Two spies working on behalf of the Wagner mercenary group plotted to kidnap a multi-millionaire Russian dissident, a court has heard.

The Old Bailey was told the pair also planned to blow up a restaurant and wine shop owned by the man, who has been a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin.

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