“In the course of investigative actions on suspicion of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 205.4 of the Criminal Code, five persons who had previously served their sentences in PKU IK-2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Republic of Kalmykia were detained, ”the message says.

As noted, the investigation plans to petition for arrest.

Thus, 40 persons are involved in the case as suspects and accused, including the head of the colony, Pavel Bataev, and his former deputy, Artur Tsamaev.

According to the UK, no later than 2013, a native of Dagestan, Shakhban Hasanov, who was serving a sentence for illegal arms trafficking, created a terrorist community on the territory of the colony in order to propagandize, justify and support terrorism.