Text claims partly supported
The publication’s core claim that there were credible warnings and alleged plots targeting Garry Kasparov, Ilya Ponomarev, and possibly Ivan Tyutrin is broadly supported by recent reporting that cites a Spanish newspaper investigation and by an unsealed U.S. Justice Department case describing a Russia-linked network allegedly seeking to recruit people for surveillance and murder-for-hire, including a U.S.-based plot and a Lithuania-based plot. Multiple independent outlets reported in late September–early October 2026 that Kasparov and Ponomarev had been warned by U.S. and/or Lithuanian services and that Tyutrin had been under protection for part of 2024 and was again warned in recent months about renewed risk. However, the publication overstates what is proven: the U.S. public materials and much of the media coverage describe alleged conspiracies, redacted victims, and warnings, and do not definitively confirm that Tyutrin was the specific intended “Lithuania” victim, nor that the Kremlin’s “special services” (as a confirmed fact) ordered concrete assassination plans against each named person rather than this being an allegation inferred from reporting and an indictment. Also supported is the factual detail that Tyutrin co-founded the Free Russia Forum with Kasparov. The strongest independently verifiable element is that U.S. prosecutors unsealed charges against five individuals described as working for Russian intelligence services and alleged murder-for-hire plotting in the United States and Lithuania; connecting those alleged plots to the specific named targets relies primarily on media reporting (especially El Mundo as relayed by other outlets), not on the indictment naming them. The attached images were not analyzed for authenticity or context.
This check is limited to the text provided. I did not verify the Most Media article itself beyond what could be corroborated through other accessible reporting and primary U.S. Justice Department materials, and I did not verify or authenticate any attached images. Allegations in indictments and press releases describe what prosecutors claim, not adjudicated findings, and several key identities are reportedly redacted in public case materials.
Sources
- Members of Russian Intelligence Services Network Charged with Conspiring to Finance Terrorism and Commit Murder for Hire in the United States | U.S. Department of Justice ↗
- Members Of Russian Intelligence Services Network Charged With Conspiring To Finance Terrorism And Commit Murder For Hire In The United States | U.S. Attorney’s Office SDNY ↗
- El Mundo: Russian authorities prepared killings of Ilya Ponomarev and Garry Kasparov in the U.S. (Meduza summary, Sept. 30, 2026) ↗
- El Mundo: Russian special services planned to kill Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomarev; Tyutrin also warned (Mediazona, Sept. 30, 2026) ↗
- Russian special services allegedly planned to kill Kasparov and Ponomarev in the U.S. (IStories, Sept. 30, 2026) ↗
- El Mundo: Russian authorities prepared a killing of Kasparov in the U.S. (Deutsche Welle, Sept. 30, 2026) ↗
- Kasparov: Warned by U.S. and Lithuanian services that his life is in danger (ANSA, Oct. 1, 2026) ↗
- Tyutrin – The Free Russia Forum (biographical page) ↗
