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| The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been warned of a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, Kremlin officials have said. | The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been warned of a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, Kremlin officials have said. |
| The Interfax news agency cited sources in the Russian special services saying a gang of suicide bombers would attempt to kill Mr Putin in Tehran. | The Interfax news agency cited sources in the Russian special services saying a gang of suicide bombers would attempt to kill Mr Putin in Tehran. |
| Iran's foreign ministry dismissed the reports as "completely baseless". | |
| During his visit, Mr Putin is due to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and attend a summit of Caspian Sea nations. | During his visit, Mr Putin is due to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and attend a summit of Caspian Sea nations. |
| He will be the first Russian president to travel to Iran since Joseph Stalin attended a summit of the Allied Powers in 1943. | |
| He is currently in Germany to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and is due to fly on to Tehran on Monday night. | |
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| "We cannot comment on this information but we confirm that the president has been informed," a Kremlin spokesman told the AFP news agency. | "We cannot comment on this information but we confirm that the president has been informed," a Kremlin spokesman told the AFP news agency. |
| Interfax said that the Russian special services had relied on information received from several sources outside the country. | Interfax said that the Russian special services had relied on information received from several sources outside the country. |
| Several groups of suicide bombers had been set up for the attack, the officials said. | |
| Russian officials have said several plots to assassinate Mr Putin on foreign trips have been uncovered since he became president in December 1999. | |
| Shortly after his election, Ukrainian security services said they had foiled an attempt to kill Mr Putin at an informal summit of former Soviet republics in Yalta. | |
| In 2003, police in London said they had arrested two men in connection with another plot to assassinate him. |