INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Berlin prosecutors said Monday they had charged a 55-year-old Russian man with attempted murder for trying to set fire to a building housing
the Berlin public prosecutor's office said in a statement
It was discovered several days later and defused by specialists.The suspect, whose name prosecutors did not disclose, was arrested last
December and now faces charges of attempted murder and attempted aggravated arson.Prior to his arrest, the accused had taken part in
demonstrations against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government, including a protest camp outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin,
a "war was being waged against us all" from there.Prosecutors said the suspect was "not uncontroversial" among anti-Kremlin activists.The
man denies the allegations against him and claims to be the victim of a conspiracy by Russian intelligence services, prosecutors added
Extensive investigations however have found "no evidence" to support those claims, they said.
