[IZ] Employees of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained in Moscow members of the radical neo-Nazi group “Maniacs: a cult of murder”
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"The members of the group planned to distribute the video with arson on the Internet to intimidate the population and attract new supporters to the organization. In addition, the radicals are involved in a series of attacks on migrants using edged weapons and special means," RIA Novosti quotes the press service of the FSB .
According to law enforcement agencies, the leader of the formation Yegor Krasnov (arrested in absentia by the Basmanny Court on charges of murdering two or more people) is supervised by the special services of Ukraine and works to involve young people in terrorist and extremist activities, spread neo-Nazi ideology and destabilize the work of Russian authorities through terrorist attacks and high-profile crimes.
In March, the FSB reported that 60 supporters of M.K.U. had been detained. in 23 regions of the Russian Federation with the seizure of weapons, special equipment and recruitment instructions.
On December 17, 2021, the FSB Public Relations Center reported the arrest of a supporter of the Ukrainian youth group M.K.U. in the Rostov region. who was preparing a violent action against a journalist.
Components for the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, communications equipment and personal notes with instructions for their assembly and use, as well as a significant amount of extremist propaganda materials were confiscated from the detainee.
Then FSB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Belyaev in the reserve said on December 19 that the Security Service of Ukraine or even Western intelligence services could well be behind the actions of the radical neo-Nazi group "Maniacs: a cult of murder."