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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced the detention of a German citizen accused of planning a terrorist attack on a law enforcement facility, allegedly acting on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence services,
This was reported by Tagesschau on April 20, citing the agency’s statement.
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“Russia’s internal security service FSB reported that it had detained a 57-year-old German citizen. According to the FSB, the woman was planning a terrorist attack on behalf of Ukrainian special services. The target was to be a law enforcement institution,” the statement said.
The FSB claimed that an explosive device was found in the woman’s backpack and that she was detained near a police station in the city of Pyatigorsk.
According to the agency, a second suspect—a man from Central Asia—was also detained. The FSB alleged that he was tasked with remotely detonating the device during morning hours in order to maximize casualties among law enforcement personnel. The agency further claimed that the woman herself was expected to be killed in the attack.
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This is not the first time Russian authorities have accused foreign nationals of serious crimes without publicly presenting evidence. In the latest case, a new criminal investigation has been opened against French political scientist Laurent Vinatier, with charges escalated from failing to register as a “foreign agent” while collecting military-related information to espionage.
Vinatier, who was affiliated with the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, was detained in Moscow in the summer of 2024. In October, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony after admitting to collecting information deemed harmful to Russia’s security without obtaining “foreign agent” status. The case was handled under a simplified procedure that typically results in reduced sentences.
Despite the verdict, Vinatier was not transferred to a penal colony and remained in Moscow’s SIZO-7 detention facility.
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Meanwhile, Russia continues its attacks against Ukrainian civilians with a 58-year-old man originally from Moscow opened fire on civilians in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district on April 18.
Preliminary reports from law enforcement indicated that at least six people were killed and several others, including a child, were injured. Following the shooting, the attacker took hostages and barricaded himself inside a “Velmart” supermarket.
Patrol police units and the National Police’s KORD special forces were deployed to the scene to contain the situation, secure the area, and apprehend the suspect.
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