This was reported to TASS in the operational services.

"A criminal case has been initiated on this fact under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Russia (terrorist act)," the agency's interlocutor said.

The agency clarifies that we are talking about an emergency that occurred in the military registration and enlistment office of the Novosibirsk region on December 5. On that day, the National Guard found an object similar to an IED in the building and handed it over to experts for examination.

Earlier in St. Petersburg, law enforcement officers detained a suspect in organizing an explosion near the building of the military registration and enlistment office, located in the Nevsky district.