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| FSB Stops Activities of Female Islamist Cell in Tatarstan | |
| 2024-09-19 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In Tatarstan, security forces stopped the activities of a female cell of an international terrorist organization that was recruiting Russians into its ranks. This was reported on September 18 by the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB of Russia. “The territorial structure’s functionaries carried out targeted work to spread terrorist ideology on the territory of our country, based on the doctrine of creating a so-called global caliphate,” the FSB noted. Recruitment of Russian citizens was carried out at cell meetings using covert measures During the searches, FSB officers discovered a significant amount of extremist literature banned in Russia, communications equipment, and electronic storage devices used to conduct terrorist activities. The investigative unit of the UFSB for the republic has opened a criminal case. Investigative actions and operational-search activities are continuing. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 17, the UFSB for Moscow and the Moscow Region reported the detention in the capital of a man who holds radical religious views and is suspected of financing terrorism. A criminal case was opened against the detainee under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Assistance to terrorist activity"). The defendant was arrested. On September 16, a resident of Nizhny Novgorod was arrested for cooperation with the terrorist group "Legion "Freedom of Russia" (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). The man, on his own initiative, established contacts with the prohibited structure and carried out several tasks, during one of which he was detained by FSB officers. More from regnum.ru FSB shows video of arrest of female Islamist cell in Tatarstan The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia has published footage of the detention of members of a female Islamist cell in Tatarstan. In the video, security forces enter the territory of a private home and break in. They detained two women in the building. They also found and confiscated a large amount of banned extremist literature, notebooks with notes, SIM cards, flash drives, mobile phones and laptops. All of this was used by the suspects to conduct terrorist activities in Russia. At the end of the video, the members of the secret cell board a service vehicle.
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