A terrorist group coordinated from Ukraine has been neutralized in Russia
The FSB detained 16 supporters of the Ukrainian right-wing radical movement “M.K.U.”, operating in a number of Russian cities.
The department's Public Relations Center reported this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Detentions took place in Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Saratov, Tambov, Tyumen, Chita, Anapa, Pushchino and Pereslavl-Zalessky. According to intelligence services, radicals are involved in committing violent crimes, promoting extremism, as well as preparing terrorist attacks and attacks on citizens.
“As a result of the searches, the following were confiscated from the above-mentioned persons: bladed weapons, a large number of electronic media and means of communication containing instructions for the manufacture of means of terror, information about committed and planned terrorist and extremist crimes, video reports about violent actions carried out, sent to the leader of “M” .K.U.” Krasnov E.S., as well as correspondence with him.
During the interviews, the detainees confirmed that Krasnov E.S. from the territory of Ukraine coordinated their criminal activities, issuing them specific instructions and calls to commit terrorist acts and extremist crimes on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the message says.
As a reminder, in mid-February of this year, Russian security forces already detained a number of "MKU" supporters. Interestingly, Russian media publications on this topic were blocked by the administration of the American social network Facebook.
A terrorist group coordinated from Ukraine has been neutralized in Russia.