Two Convicted in UK PM-Targeting Arson Plot Tied to Suspected Russian Handler
A London court convicted Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych and Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc of conspiracy to commit arson for five attacks on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer; a third man, Petro Pochynok, was acquitted. Prosecutors said Lavrynovych acted for about $4,000 in cryptocurrency at the direction of a Russian-speaking online handler named El Money, who sought to cause unrest. There is no proven link to an official Russian state, though a BBC investigation linked the act to a broader Russian sabotage campaign, which Russia denies.