The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia announced the suppression of the activities of a cell of terrorists consisting of foreigners who were preparing a terrorist attack in crowded places in Kaspiysk.

“The criminals conducted reconnaissance of the area, made an improvised explosive device and purchased automatic weapons. Immediately after the terrorist attack, they intended to leave Russia,” the department’s Public Relations Center said in a statement.

FSB officers also established that the detained militants were directly involved in financing and providing support for the perpetrators of the terrorist attack that occurred on March 22, 2024 in the Crocus City Hall concert hall.

Let us remind you that on the evening of March 22, four armed people broke into Crocus City Hall, where they started shooting and a fire. According to the latest data, 144 people became victims of the terrorist attack. The Investigative Committee identified 134 victims.

  • The FSB of the Russian Federation announced the prevention of a terrorist attack in Kaspiysk

As the Russian Foreign Ministry stated earlier, the investigative actions carried out by the Russian competent authorities indicate that the traces left by the terrorists lead to Ukraine. In particular, the investigation has information about the receipt of significant funds and cryptocurrency from Ukraine by the perpetrators of the terrorist attack.

SVR - on the formation of an assessment of the events at Crocus by Western countries

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said that the administration of US President Joe Biden has intensified efforts to form a distorted picture of the events of March 22. As the department said in a statement, the State Department, American intelligence agencies, affiliated non-governmental organizations and the media were tasked with removing suspicions about the involvement of the Kyiv regime in the terrorist attack in Crocus.

“The White House fears that the discovery of a Kyiv trace in what happened will highlight the terrorist nature of the Ukrainian regime and will finally derail Washington’s plans to increase support for Ukraine,” the SVR press bureau said.

The US allies and partners, the department continued, are receiving information designed to convince them of responsibility for the terrorist attack by the Afghan branch of the IS terrorist organization Vilayat Khorasan.

However, according to SVR, such propaganda rhetoric does not sell well, since there is no unified assessment of the tragedy near Moscow not only among the states of the Global South, but also among NATO and EU members.

As noted in the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Kiev regime has long been waging a full-fledged terrorist war against Russia.

“The murder of civilians in the Moscow region is a direct “relative” of massive rocket attacks and attacks by the DRG in the Kursk and Belgorod regions. At the same time, the data received by the service indicate that when organizing attacks, Ukrainians actively use satellite information provided to them by American intelligence,” the SVR noted.

Along with this, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that a procedural check has been organized on the appeal of State Duma deputies about terrorist activities against Russia.

As the Investigative Committee clarified, parliamentarians stated the need to investigate the organization, financing and conduct of terrorist acts by the United States, Ukraine and other Western countries directed against Russia.

* “Islamic State” (IS) is an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.