Overview
- The security service reported detaining a citizen of a Central Asian country it describes as a supporter of a banned international terrorist organization.
- In a video released by the FSB, the detainee states he traveled to Maykop to set fire to a school Christmas tree on instructions from handlers.
- Investigators say phone forensics indicate the plot was coordinated from abroad through the Telegram messenger.
- The FSB says it seized ten bottles of homemade incendiary mixture, cold weapons, and a terrorist flag from the suspect’s car.
- A criminal case for attempted terrorism has been opened, and the agency warned that Ukrainian special services are recruiting online and that accomplices will be pursued.