The Center for Public Relations of the Federal Security Service of Russia announced the prevention of a sabotage and terrorist act in the Naval Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Simferopol. According to the agency, a Russian citizen who planned the attack was detained.
"During the search, an improvised explosive device with striking elements in the form of nails, as well as an improvised incendiary explosive device, were seized from him," the FSB press service said.
Criminal cases were initiated against the detainee under Part 1 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 205 and Part 1 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Preparation for the commission of a terrorist attack") and ("Illegal possession of explosives and explosive devices").
According to RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Crimean FSB department, the detainee was arrested. The Kievsky District Court of Simferopol chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of two months.
The FSB of Russia systematically reports on cases of prevention of terrorist acts in the country. On April 20, the department said that the special service stopped the illegal activities of a supporter of the international terrorist organization "Islamic State" * in the Stavropol Territory, who planned to commit a terrorist attack on one of the objects of mass stay of people.
The attacker was detained in Mineralnye Vody. He found components and striking elements purchased by him for the manufacture of an improvised explosive device, means of conspiratorial communication with emissaries of a terrorist organization in the Middle East.
Shortly before that, the department spoke about the prevention in Kerch of preparations for sabotage at the facility of the Crimean energy system. A citizen of Russia and Ukraine, born in 1971, was detained. An improvised explosive device and communication equipment containing correspondence with a representative of the special services of Ukraine, who coordinated his criminal activities, were seized from him.
Criminal cases have been initiated against the attacker under the articles "Preparation for sabotage" and "Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of explosives or explosive devices". He was taken into custody. These articles provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 20 years or life.
In February, the FSB prevented a terrorist attack in the Kaluga region, which was planned by two natives of the republics of the Central Asian region. They intended to blow up tanks with fuel and lubricants at a chemical industry enterprise.
According to the intelligence services, the attackers swore allegiance to the IG and, after committing the terrorist attack, planned to leave for the zone of armed conflict in Syria. During the arrest, they put up armed resistance and, as a result of return fire, were eliminated. It was noted that there were no casualties among law enforcement officers and civilian casualties.
In the course of investigative actions at the address of the secret residence of terrorists, law enforcement officers found a laboratory for the production of explosives, as well as a high-power improvised explosive device, incendiary containers, firearms and ammunition ready for use.
In addition, in early February, the FSB detained three Russian citizens involved in the preparation and commission of terrorist attacks on railway infrastructure facilities in the Sverdlovsk region. According to the agency, the attackers acted for a monetary reward on the instructions of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
The detainees seized the instruments of committing crimes, the symbols of the Ukrainian nationalist armed formation, as well as means of communication and communication containing diagrams of the location of railway facilities.
* "Islamic State" (IG) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 29.12.2014.