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Russia detains Uzbek national who planted bomb and live-streamed killing of nuclear protection forces chief

Moscow: Russian intelligence agency said on Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine's security service levelled criminal charges against him. Kirillov, 54, was the chief of the …

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2 weeks ago

Russia arrests German national for plotting to blow up railway line

Firstpost

Russian military news outlet Zvezda has published a video purporting to show the Russian-German man, whose face was blurred out, confessing to the crime. Man paid to defuse bomb Meanwhile, Russian military news outlet Zvezda has published a video purporting to show the Russian-German man, whose face was blurred out, confessing to the crime. In the video, the man can …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian security agency says suspects detained in the Caucasus linked to Moscow attack

LA Times

A group of ambassadors of foreign diplomatic missions attend a laying ceremony at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall on the western outskirts of Moscow, on Saturday. Russia’s top security agency said Monday it has broken up what it called a “terrorist cell” in southern Russia whose members had provided weapons and cash to suspected attackers …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Russia's FSB drops criminal case against Wagner group over armed mutiny

The Hindu

Russia's FSB security service dropped its criminal case against the Wagner mercenary group over its short-lived armed mutiny at the weekend, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. Over the weekend, the Kremlin pledged not to prosecute Prigozhin and his fighters after he stopped the revolt on Saturday, even though President Vladimir Putin had branded them as traitors. An independent Belarusian …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter for espionage

The Hindu

Russia’s top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service, the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency that is the top successor agency to the Soviet era KGB, said Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Japan lodges protest after Russia detains diplomat in Vladivostok

Al Jazeera

Tatsunori Motoki, accused of spying by Russia’s FSB, was held for a few hours before being released and ordered to leave the country. In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno described Motoki’s detention as unacceptable, and accused the FSB of using a “coercive” approach towards the diplomat. “A Japanese diplomat was detained red-handed while receiving classified information, in exchange for …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Russia identifies 2nd suspect in death of nationalist Dugina

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia’s top security agency on Monday identified a second Ukrainian that it alleged was involved in the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologue. Russia’s Federal Security Service, the main KGB successor agency, said that Ukrainian national Bogdan Tsyganenko helped prepare the killing of Darya Dugina, the daughter of Alexander Dugin, who was described by some …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Darya Dugina: Russian Security Service claims Ukrainian agent behind killing

CNN

CNN — Russia has blamed Ukrainian special services for the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian political commentator and the daughter of prominent ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The murder of journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, it was prepared by the Ukrainian special services, by a citizen of Ukraine,” TASS reported, citing Russia’s …

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4 years ago

Navalny releases recording of call to his alleged poisoner

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday released a recording of a phone call he said he made to an alleged state security operative, who revealed some details of how the politician was supposedly poisoned and media identified as a member of a team that has reportedly trailed Navalny for years. During the recorded call, the man said …

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4 years ago

Russian intelligence agents reported to be behind Navalny poisoning

The Telegraph

Several members of a Russian elite intelligence unit trailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny for days before he was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent in August, a joint investigation by forensic intelligence group Bellingcat and several media outlets revealed on Monday. He described the botched poisoning as Mr Putin’s “personal plan and his personal failure.” Phone records, flight manifests and …

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