The Federal Security Service announced the prevention of a terrorist attack in the Kaluga region.

According to the agency, two supporters of the Islamic State * (IS) were preparing to blow up a chemical plant.

“A terrorist attack planned by two natives of the republics of the Central Asian region with the use of an improvised explosive device and the use of incendiary mixtures to blow up tanks with fuel and lubricants at a chemical industry enterprise was prevented,” the FSB Public Relations Center said in a statement.

A laboratory for the production of explosives, as well as a ready-to-use improvised explosive device of high power, containers with an incendiary mixture, firearms and ammunition, were found at the address of the secret residence of the terrorists.

According to the FSB, the perpetrators swore allegiance to IS and planned to leave for the conflict zone in Syria after the attack.

During the arrest, they offered armed resistance and received injuries incompatible with life.

  • Video of the DSP of the FSB of Russia on the prevention of a terrorist act in the Kaluga region

Earlier, the FSB announced the suppression of the activities of a cell of the international terrorist organization Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad ** and the detention of four people from among its leaders and ordinary members.

According to the department, the members of the cell were engaged in recruiting and transporting recruits to combat zones, financing members of a terrorist structure located in Syria.

The group also carried out calls for the commission of terrorist crimes.

During their arrest, they found propaganda videos, as well as means of communication, electronic media and bank cards that they used in their illegal activities.

At the end of January, the FSB announced the suppression of the activities of a cell of the terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami***.

According to the intelligence services, the detainees deliberately spread terrorist ideology on the territory of Russia.

In particular, in the process of secret meetings they recruited into their ranks the inhabitants of Russia from among the local Muslims.

In the places of residence of the members of the terrorist cell, a significant amount of propaganda materials, means of communication, electronic information carriers, which were used by them in carrying out terrorist activities, were found and confiscated.

In addition, at the end of 2022, the FSB announced the liquidation of the terrorist community in the Urals and North Caucasus federal districts, whose members created an “branched interregional resource support network” for the Islamic State.

According to the FSB, the perpetrators acted on the instructions of IS emissaries and transported militants from Russia to the territory of Syria and Ukraine to conduct military operations against the Russian military, and also engaged in financing terrorism and justifying terrorist activities.

In the places of residence of the accused, law enforcement officers found means of communication, payment instruments, as well as computers in which they found photo and video materials about the participation of members of the community in the hostilities in Syria in the ranks of the IS, as well as in the nationalist units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ukraine.

* "Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIL) - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.

** "Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad" - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Moscow District Military Court of 06/05/2019.

*** "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami" ("Islamic Liberation Party") - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.