Overview
- Russia’s FSB said a “high-ranking official” was targeted during a visit to Moscow’s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, where agents found a hidden camera disguised as a flower vase.
- Moskovsky Komsomolets reported that Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu was the intended target, a detail law enforcement has not confirmed.
- The FSB alleged Ukrainian intelligence recruited a Russian husband and wife, a Central Asian national, and Kyiv resident Jaloliddin Shamsov; the Russian couple and the Central Asian were arrested, and Shamsov is wanted.
- State media distributed video of an arrested woman confessing to placing the camera, though it is unclear whether the confession was made under duress.
- Shoigu currently serves as Security Council Secretary after being replaced as defense minister in May 2024, and no public evidence has been presented to substantiate the FSB’s asserted Ukrainian link.