On the territory of the Sverdlovsk region, officers of the Federal Security Service carried out three special operations, within the framework of which 15 members of the terrorist community were detained, the press service of the regional department of the FSB reported.
“As a result of three special operations carried out in September 2021 with the military support of special forces of the FSB of Russia, 15 members of the terrorist community were detained. Three criminal cases were initiated against the five detained persons, and the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention against all the detained malefactors. With regard to 10 foreigners, a decision was made to expel them to the country of origin with the closure of entry to the Russian Federation for various long periods, ”the statement says.
As noted in the press service of the FSB, criminal proceedings have been opened on the grounds of crimes provided for in Articles 205.1 ("Assistance in terrorist activities"), 205.2 ("Public calls for terrorist activities, justification or propaganda of terrorism"), 205.4 ("Organization of a terrorist community and participation in it "), 222.1 (" Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, transfer or carrying of explosives "), 223.1 (" Illegal manufacture of explosives ") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
"An ammonium nitrate explosive with a total mass of about 3 kg was withdrawn from illegal circulation, which the cell members made on their own in order to implement their criminal plans," the FSB added.
According to the data presented, the terrorist community was organized by two natives of one of the countries of Central Asia.
From May to September 2021, they carried out a systematic propaganda of the ideas of terrorism among their compatriots.
Subsequently, three foreigners joined the community, taking on the responsibility of committing terrorist acts in the Middle Urals, including through explosions and armed attacks on Russian citizens with the use of cold weapons.
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The day before, the FSB reported on the suppression of the activities of a "religious-extremist cell, consisting of natives of the Central Asian region." All members of the criminal group were detained.
They were engaged in promoting the ideology of international terrorist organizations and persuading labor migrants to commit terrorist crimes.
"The material evidence seized during the searches confirms their contacts with the leaders of terrorist structures in the Middle East region, as well as the persuasion of labor migrants to commit terrorist crimes on the territory of the Russian Federation," the message said.
Cases of detention of terrorist supporters in Russia
On August 25, FSB officers detained 31 members of the Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad * terrorist organization who were in Moscow, Yakutsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory and Novosibirsk Region.
The radicals financed the militants in Syria, recruited and sent recruits there, and also called for the commission of terrorist crimes.
Criminal cases were initiated against them.
On August 18, it was reported that five members of a cell of the terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami ** were detained in Crimea.
According to the FSB, they spread terrorist ideology among the inhabitants of the peninsula and recruited local Muslims into their ranks.
On July 29, in Tyumen, the activities of a secret cell of supporters of the international terrorist organization "Islamic State" *** were suppressed.
It consisted of citizens of one of the republics of the Central Asian region, who planned, at the direction of foreign emissaries of a terrorist organization, to commit terrorist attacks on objects of mass stay of people.
During the arrest, the attackers resisted and were eliminated.
On July 22, seven Russians were detained in the Stavropol Territory - residents of the Republic of Dagestan, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and the Stavropol Territory - who were members of an extremist community who were planning a terrorist attack on the territory of a police department in Kislovodsk.
On July 15 in Moscow, security officials prevented a terrorist attack by detaining a citizen of the Russian Federation, who was preparing to detonate a homemade bomb in crowded places.
* "Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad" - an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Moscow District Military Court dated 05.06.2019.
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* "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami" ("Party of Islamic Liberation") - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.
*** "Islamic State" (IS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.