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FSB prevented a terrorist attack against the head of a defense industry enterprise in Izhevsk
2023-12-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Employees of the Federal Security Service A suspect in preparing a terrorist attack against one of the leaders of a military-industrial enterprise was detained in Izhevsk, the Public Relations Center of the FSB of Russia reported on December 18.

“As a result of the events carried out in Izhevsk, a Russian citizen born in 1990 was detained”, the message says.

It is noted that the man tried to carry out a terrorist attack on instructions from Ukraine using a homemade explosive against one of the heads of a military-industrial enterprise in Udmurtia.

During the arrest, components for the manufacture of explosives and explosives were confiscated from him, as well as means of communication with correspondence with Ukrainian coordinators.

Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened under the articles “Preparation for a terrorist act” and “Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization.”

As reported by IA Regnum, on December 15, officers of the Rostov regional department of the FSB detained a 40-year-old citizen of Ukraine suspected of spying for Ukrainian intelligence.

Earlier, on December 13, the FSB reported the detention in North Ossetia of a Ukrainian citizen suspected of espionage. Law enforcement officers established that he transmitted data to the Ukrainian Armed Forces about the movement and location of Russian military equipment in the Northern Military District zone.

In Lugansk on December 4, FSB officers detained a local resident suspected of spying for the Ukrainian special services. He was caught collecting data about the Russian army, using funds provided by the Ukrainian side.

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FSB showed a video of the detention in Izhevsk of a suspect in plotting a terrorist attack

Russian citizen, suspect in preparation for a terrorist attack in Udmurtia, detained by Russian FSB officers. The intelligence service distributed relevant footage on December 18.



A man born in 1990 was detained in Izhevsk. According to the FSB, on instructions from a Ukrainian terrorist organization, he was preparing a terrorist attack against one of the leaders of a military-industrial enterprise.

The footage shows how security forces lay a man on the floor in the entrance, put his hands behind his back and handcuff him. Next, the man tells how exactly he prepared to carry out the terrorist attack.

He was believed to be using an improvised explosive device. Components for making a bomb, explosives, as well as communications equipment containing correspondence with Ukrainian coordinators were seized from the detainee, the department noted.

In Udmurtia, a criminal case was opened regarding the incident under articles on preparation for a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205) and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5). Operational search activities and investigative actions continue.

As reported by IA Regnum, earlier in Rostov-on-Don, employees of the regional department of the FSB detained 40 -year-old citizen of Ukraine suspected of spying for Kyiv.

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