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| Two residents of Pyatigorsk sentenced to long terms for preparing a terrorist attack |
| 2024-02-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkakUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced two residents of Pyatigorsk who, according to the investigation and the court, intended to blow up the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to 12 and 12 and a half years in prison. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, two supporters of the "Islamic State", who intended to carry out a terrorist attack in the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Pyatigorsk, were detained in the Stavropol Territory, the FSB reported in June 2023. The Southern District Military Court found two residents of Pyatigorsk, who planned an explosion in the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, guilty of preparing a terrorist attack, illegally manufacturing explosives and participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, Interfax reported today with reference to the press service of the Stavropol FSB Directorate. The defendants were sentenced to 12 and 12 and a half years in a maximum security colony, and each must pay a fine of 300 thousand rubles, the publication stated. Analysts interviewed by the Caucasian Knot, commenting on regular reports on the prevention of terrorist attacks, suggested that intelligence services are motivated to disseminate falsified reports about the detention of alleged terrorists in the Stavropol region to improve reporting  and for propaganda purposes. The likely purpose of such propaganda may be to warn about the consequences of participation in radical organizations. |
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