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| Terrorism suspect gets 13 years for attempted attack | |
| 2021-12-25 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don today passed a verdict to Gennady Shvydchenko from Stavropol in the case of preparing a terrorist attack in the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yessentuki, the FSB department for Stavropol reported. The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found guilty of an attempted terrorist attack on a resident of Stavropol, Gennady Shvydchenko, accused of attempting to stage a terrorist attack in Yessentuki. "It has been established that Shvydchenko, having become a member of the Islamic State, planned to commit a terrorist attac: blowing up one of the facilities of the Russian Interior Ministry in Yessentuki," Interfax quoted a message from the regional FSB department today. The court sentenced Shvydchenko to 13 years in prison with three of them in prison, and the rest in a maximum security colony, Svoe TV reported.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on October 7, 2020, the press service of the Stavropol regional department of the FSB announced the arrest in Stavropol of an alleged supporter of IS, who, according to security officials, was planning to blow up the buildings of the prosecutor's office and court. The video footage published by the security forces shows how the suspect in the preparation of the terrorist attack bought nails and duct tape. According to the FSB, parts of an improvised explosive device were seized from his apartment, and the detainee himself admitted his intentions. On December 21, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Nikolai Soppa, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, to 11 years in a strict regime colony, having found him guilty of preparing a terrorist attack and participating in the Islamic State terrorist organization." | |
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