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Articles with tag "FSB"

FSB Arrests Man Accused of Planning Assassination of Russian-Backed Lawmaker in Luhansk

Russian law enforcement authorities claimed Ukrainian military intelligence officials recruited the man to carry out sabotage operations.

FSB Arrests Moldovans, Russians Accused of Planning Bomb Attacks in Russia

Russian law enforcement authorities accused Ukrainian intelligence services of recruiting and training agents in Moldova.
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FSB Arrests Russian Soldier Over Alleged Suicide Bomb Plot on Military Academy

The Russian soldier was arrested in the Moscow region on Wednesday while purportedly going to pick up an explosive device, authorities said.
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FSB Agents Search Home of Exiled Navalny Ally’s Elderly Father

Police sources told Russian state media that 69-year-old Mikhail Volkov could face criminal charges of financing an “extremist” organization.
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FSB Arrests Man Over Bomb Packages Sent to Military Officials

Law enforcement authorities said the five explosive-laden packages were disguised as colonge gift sets.
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FSB Claims Ukraine Sought to Recruit Members of Russia's Youth Army

Ukraine’s GUR intelligence service was accused of sending phishing emails to schools in Moscow and the surrounding region.
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FSB Kills Man in Shootout Over Alleged Moscow Metro, Jewish Site Attack Plot

The law enforcement agency said the man planned to travel to Afghanistan to join an “international terrorist organization” after carrying out the attacks...
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Russia’s FSB Says It Foiled Ukrainian Plot to Kill Orthodox Bishop

Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov, a member of President Vladimir Putin’s advisory council on culture and the arts, was the target of the plot, the FSB said...
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FSB Says It Foiled Ukrainian Plot to Assassinate Saratov Region Official

Unconfirmed media reports claimed that Saratov region Governor Roman Busargin was the target of the assassination plot.
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Exiled Former State Duma Lawmaker Ponomaryov Charged With Coup Attempt

State media reported that police searches were underway across nine Russian regions as part of an investigation into the ex-lawmaker.
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Russian Man Jailed 13 Years for Allegedly Trying to Join Ukrainian Army

Law enforcement authorities claimed that the man, Artem Konstantinov, contacted a Ukrainian army recruiter on Telegram.
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Pskov Train Station Attack Plotters Killed in Shootout, FSB Says

The law enforcement agency claimed the suspects were acting “on the instructions of” an unnamed “international terrorist group.”
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Russia’s FSB Arrests 4 Women Accused of Planning Sabotage Attacks

Authorities claimed the women were acting as agents for Ukrainian security services and sought to target Russian military officers.
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Russia Labels Ukrainian Meme ‘Terrorist Organization’

The “Belgorod People’s Republic” parodies the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics in eastern Ukraine.
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FSB Officer Fatally Shot in Moscow Defense Ministry Building

The suspected gunman, whose identity has not been disclosed, was arrested on murder charges, according to the RBC news outlet.
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FSB Says Thwarted Planned ISIS Attack on Moscow Police Station

Russian security agents killed two alleged ISIS members, who they said were citizens of countries in Central Asia.
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FSB Claims Jailed Russian-Born American Developed ‘Genetic Screening System’ for Pentagon

Gene Spector was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday, though the nature of the espionage charges against him had not been made public.
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FSB Claims Foiled Ukrainian Assassination Plots on Russian Defense Officials

The arrests come in the wake of the Dec. 17 assassination of Russian General Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow.
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Secretive FSB Unit Steers Russia’s Sweeping Wartime Spy Crackdown – WSJ

The FSB’s Department for Counterintelligence Operations was previously identified as leading the March 2023 arrest of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich...
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Russia’s FSB Raids Alleged Scam Call Center, Arrests Israeli-Ukrainian Head

The FSB claimed the business defrauded some 100,000 people in 50 countries.
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