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Articles with tag "FSB"

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.

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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Russian Far-Right Group Claims to ‘Reinforce’ Finnish Border With FSB Guards

Rusich said its members “officially entered into cooperation” with the border service of the Federal Security Service in northwestern Russia.
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Russia’s FSB Detains Colombian ‘Mercenaries’ Allegedly Fighting for Ukraine

Colombian media reported that the two men may have been detained in Venezuela while traveling from Ukraine to Colombia.
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Russia’s FSB Arrests 6 Suspected of Plotting Terror Attack in Ingushetia

Law enforcement agents reported discovering a homemade explosive device, along with components for its assembly.
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Russia Charges Deutsche Welle Journalist Over Kursk Reporting

Russia’s FSB has so far pressed charges against seven foreign journalists who reported from the embroiled Kursk region.
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FSB Accuses Moldovan Man, 2 Russians of Plotting Crimea Attacks

The three men were also accused of sharing military intelligence with Ukrainian special services.
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