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Articles with tag "FSB"

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...

Russia’s FSB Raids Scam Call Center, Arrests Israeli-Ukrainian Head

The FSB said the business defrauded some 100,000 people in 50 countries.
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Russia Says Seized EU-Bound Cocaine Haul Worth Millions

The suspects were caught loading 570 kilograms of the illegal substance into a container intended for shipment to the EU, Russia's FSB said.
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Anti-War Russians Targeted by FSB’s Spy Software – NGO

The program allows the FSB to record a device’s screen and steal data from third-party apps, among other things.
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FSB Chief Calls for Cooperation With Taliban in Fight Against Drug Trafficking

“In light of the Taliban’s measures against ISIS, I believe it is possible to establish constructive cooperation with the Afghan authorities,” FSB...
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Russia’s FSB Arrests German Man for Alleged Sabotage of Energy Infrastructure in Kaliningrad

The man, identified as Nikolai Gaiduk, was accused of being involved in a March 2024 explosion at a gas distribution station in Kaliningrad.
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Crimean Pair Arrested Over Russian Naval Officer’s Car Bomb Killing

Ukrainian security services claimed responsibility for last week’s attack in Sevastopol, which killed Captain First Rank Valery Trankovsky.
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Kremlin and FSB Order Gulag Museum’s Closure in Latest Crackdown on Historical Memory

A Moscow official said the museum’s future now “remains unclear.”
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Russia’s FSB Says It Foiled Ukrainian Railway Attack in Crimea

Law enforcement officials detained a man they claimed was secretly working with Ukrainian security services.
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Russia’s FSB Says It Foiled Ukrainian Helicopter Plot

Authorities said Ukrainian intelligence officers tried to recruit a helicopter pilot and have him fly his aircraft to an area under Kyiv’s control.
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Moscow Court Jails IT Worker for Trying to Share ‘State Secrets’ With CIA

Russia’s FSB claimed Firuz Dadoboyev illegally acquired information that was a “state secret” and planned to pass it to a U.S. intelligence officer...
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Russia’s FSB Says 4 ‘Saboteurs’ Killed in Attempted Border Incursion in Bryansk Region

A video shared by state media showed a Canadian flag and a Polish-language prayer book next to the body of one of the alleged saboteurs.
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FSB Chief Calls Pager Attacks a ‘Direct Threat’ to CIS Countries

Speaking at a meeting of CIS special service chiefs, Bortnikov said that such technology could be used for other assassination attempts.
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Russia's FSB Detains Nearly 40 Alleged Supporters of 'Ukrainian Terrorist' Groups

Authorities claimed that nine teenagers had been involved in planning "armed attacks on educational and religious institutions."
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Russia Charges Australian, Romanian Journalists Over Reporting From Kursk

Despite being identified as U.S. citizens by the FSB, the charged ABC reporters Kathryn Diss and Fletcher Yeung are Australian nationals.
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Russia’s FSB Detains 15 in North Caucasus for Spreading ‘Extremist Ideology’

All 15 individuals, identified as Russian citizens, were arrested in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.
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Russia’s FSB Busts Migrant Smuggling Ring Led by Nigerian Professor

The network “specialized in the paid entry and transit of immigrants from the African continent through Russian territory to EU countries.”
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Russia’s FSB Dismantles ‘Female Terrorist Cell’ in Republic of Tatarstan

The women allegedly conspired to recruit Russian citizens for an unnamed terrorist organization banned inside the country.
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Russia Claims to Kill ‘Ukrainian Agent’ Plotting Assassination of Defense Executive

FSB agents reportedly killed the man, identified as a Russian citizen born in 1984, during a gunfight as he attempted to place an IED in a cache.
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Moscow Expels 6 British Diplomats Over Suspected Spying

Russia's FSB accused the diplomats of "subversive activities and intelligence" gathering and "threatening Russia's security."
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