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Russia’s FSB detains three citizens on suspicion of preparing a ‘terrorist attack’ on railway in Yekaterinburg region

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained three Russian nationals that, according to the service, were involved in preparation and implementation of “terrorist attacks” on a railway in the Yekaterinburg region, Russia’s state news agency TASS reports, citing the FSB.

The service claims that the detained men were working “for a reward from Ukrainian neo-Nazis”. During searches, law enforcement agents seized “symbols of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi armed formation, as well as means of communication containing maps of the Sverdlovsk railway facilities”. The names of the Russian nationals have not been made public.

The FSB has posted a video of the alleged detention which shows a person (with their face blurred) confessing to setting electrical panels on fire on the railway.

The investigation initiated criminal cases on committing a terrorist attack and facilitating terrorist activities. The men could face from 12 years to life in prison each.

On 30 January, the FSB reported to have detained three eighth-graders (14-15 year-olds) who had damaged railway tracks in the suburbs of Moscow “on a task from a messenger”. It is reported that the teenagers received instructions and filmed a video of damaging the tracks to later receive a payment for having completed the task. The information on how much they were supposed to be paid and what exactly they were supposed to damage has not been made public.

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