In January 2023, the security forces prevented a terrorist attack in the North Caucasus.
This was reported by the FSB Public Relations Center.
“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in January this year on the territory of the North Caucasus Federal District prevented an attempt by a supporter of nationalist ideology by a Russian citizen to commit a crime of a terrorist nature, which he planned on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services,” the report says.
It is noted that during a search at the place of residence of the detainee, “ready-to-use means of terror” were found and seized.
During the interrogation, the perpetrator confessed to his unlawful intentions.
A criminal case has been initiated and is being investigated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art.
30, paragraph "a" part 2 of Art.
205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (preparation of a terrorist act).
FSB prevented a terrorist attack in the North Caucasus, prepared with the participation of Ukrainian special services
FSB activities
On January 20, a criminal case was initiated against a 48-year-old resident of Kerch on charges of public calls for extremist activities committed using the Internet.
He faces up to five years in prison for a comment published on the Odnoklassniki social network calling for the murder of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
On the same day, smuggling of military products from the territory of Ukraine in the amount of more than 50 million rubles was stopped in the Belgorod region.
A criminal case has been opened, details are not given, as the investigation continues.
“Products from the territory of Ukraine were moved under the guise of general industrial goods, allegedly intended for the preservation of perishable products in catering establishments.
Subsequently, these goods, under the state contract in the interests of the Ministry of Defense, were supplied by the suspects to one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex under the guise of self-made, ”the report says.
On January 19, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against a US citizen under the article “Espionage”.
According to the FSB, the American is suspected of collecting intelligence information on biological topics directed against the security of the Russian Federation.
On January 17, in North Ossetia, while trying to cross the Upper Lars checkpoint on the border between Russia and Georgia, a “28-year-old citizen of one of the CIS countries involved in espionage” was detained.
He provided law enforcement agencies with the Telegram correspondence stored on his mobile device, from the content of which it followed that he was transmitting to Ukraine information about the location of military equipment of the Russian Armed Forces.
On January 12, the FSB reported the arrest at the railway station in Tver of a Russian citizen born in 1982, who was preparing to leave for Ukraine to participate in hostilities against the Russian Armed Forces.
A criminal case was opened against the detainee under the article “Preparation to commit high treason in the form of going over to the side of the enemy.”
On January 9, in the Bryansk region, security forces stopped the illegal activities of a citizen of the Russian Federation who intended to travel to Ukraine to participate in hostilities on the side of the Ukrainian armed formations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
According to the agency, in 2022, the detainee “was given an official warning” in connection with his repeated attempts to travel to Ukraine through Belarus.
A criminal case was opened against him under the article “Preparation to commit high treason in the form of going over to the side of the enemy.”
On December 30, a citizen of Ukraine, who is a supporter of nationalist ideology, was detained in the North Caucasus.
He prepared crimes of a terrorist nature on the territory of the North Caucasus Federal District, which he planned on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services.