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 Terrorist group members detained in Crimea

Terrorist group members detained in Crimea

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terror group (outlawed in Russia) and detained 20 of its members, the FSB Public Relations Center said. Twenty people from among its chieftains …

 Patrushev: 19 terror plots foiled in Russia last year

Patrushev: 19 terror plots foiled in Russia last year

Russia's security services foiled 19 terror plots last year, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said. "As many as 35 terror-related crimes, including 19 terror attack plots, were foiled in …

Gunman plotting terrorist attack eliminated in Samara region

Gunman plotting terrorist attack eliminated in Samara region

A gunman plotting a terrorist attack was killed in a special operation in western Russia’s Samara region, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said. "This night during a search operation, the Russian Federal Security …

FSB thwarts drone attacks at 2018 World Cup in Russia

FSB thwarts drone attacks at 2018 World Cup in Russia

Russia’s Federal Security Service thwarted attempted drone attacks at the 2018 World Cup, head of FSB Alexander Bortnikov said. Bortnikov said that his officers “took measures to detect and …

ISIS-linked terrorist cell exposed in Russia's Tatarstan

ISIS-linked terrorist cell exposed in Russia's Tatarstan

A terrorist sleeper cell, which had links with ISIS terrorist group, has been exposed in Russia's republic of Tatarstan, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said. The terrorist cell members were planning to carry out attacks …

Attack on Kerch college carried out by student

Attack on Kerch college carried out by student

An 18-year-old student went on a shooting spree in the Kerch college and then killed himself, spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko said. "Investigators have promptly established …

Crimean college blast caused by bomb

Crimean college blast caused by bomb

Blast at a polytechnic college in Crimea’s Kerch was caused by an unidentified explosive device, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said. "Today at around noon an explosion occurred in the building of a polytechnic college …

Six terrorist attacks prevented in Russia this year

Six terrorist attacks prevented in Russia this year

As many as six terrorist attacks were prevented in Russia this year, chairman of the National Anti-Terror Committee and Chief of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov told a session of the …

14 years since Beslan school siege

14 years since Beslan school siege

Saturday marks 14 years since the Beslan school siege, in which Islamic extremists captured more than 1,100 people, most of them children, in the southern Russian Republic of North Ossetia, leading to more than 330 …

Number of terror-related crimes in Russia reduced by 14%

Number of terror-related crimes in Russia reduced by 14%

There has been a decline in terrorism-related crimes in Russia this year, First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman said at a board meeting of the Prosecutor General’s Office.  He noted that the …

Ukrainian national sentenced to 8 years in Crimea

Ukrainian national sentenced to 8 years in Crimea

Crimea’s Supreme Court has found Ukrainian citizen Yevgeny Panov guilty of the illegal trade in arms and plotting subversive acts in the region and sentenced him to eight years in prison. "The court rules to …