Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A man arrested for plotting a terrorist attack in Moscow admitted to receiving the order to eliminate a high-ranking military officer. This was reported on October 13 by the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
"I came to Russia on assignment from the Islamic State (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) to carry out terrorist attacks. While I was watching, he told me to kill a senior soldier. Then I realized it was a Ukrainian assignment," the detainee said during interrogation.
| I’m clearly very slow today, because I completely fail to grasp why the local ISIS franchise would oblige the Ukrainian army, thereby losing its operatives and risking exposure for a cause not its own. |
Jihadis of all stripes have been squaring off with each other in the Donbass since 2014. For Ukrainian spooks, it apparently was an easy reach.
| The Chechens are fighting for Russia, if I recall correctly — like that? |
On October 13, a terrorist attack against a high-ranking Russian Defense Ministry official was thwarted in Moscow. According to the FSB, the attack was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence agencies and the Islamic State.
"The crime was planned to be committed in a socially dangerous manner in one of the capital's densely populated areas. Experts estimate that the IED (improvised explosive device – Ed.) manufactured by the terrorists was powerful enough to create a complete kill zone for people within a radius of up to 70 meters," the department reported.
The FSB reported the arrest of three Russians suspected of involvement in the crime, as well as a Central Asian citizen who was the potential perpetrator of the attack. This individual was recruited by Saidakbar Gulomov, a member of the Islamic State terrorist organization (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia), who is also linked to the murder of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.
Kirillov was killed on December 17, 2024. A bomb planted on a scooter exploded near the entrance to his apartment building. His assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, was also killed. Ramzan Padiyev, a defendant in the case (an individual listed as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation), admitted after his arrest that he had been promised $100,000 and a trip to Europe for the attack. Police have placed the handler of the three accused in the general's murder on an international wanted list. According to a law enforcement source, the organizer of Kirillov's murder was in Dubai at the time of the crime. His identity has been established.
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