Overview
- The Second Western District Military Court will hear the attempted assassination case involving Margarita Simonyan and Ksenia Sobchak behind closed doors, with the docket listing 12 defendants including minors.
- Investigators say the group formed a neo-Nazi cell in 2022, conducted surveillance in June–July 2023, and was linked to an AK‑47 and 90 rounds hidden in a Moscow garage on Vavilova Street.
- FSB materials reported by state media allege the suspects scouted targets for payments attributed to Ukraine’s SBU, with prior arrests on July 14, 2024 and seizures of weapons, gear, and extremist paraphernalia.
- Prosecutors list terrorism and extremism offenses, preparation for murder, illegal weapons offenses, robbery, and hooliganism among the charges now before the military court.
- A separate case over the April 25 bombing that killed General Yaroslav Moskalik will also proceed in closed session, with investigators alleging suspect Ignat Kuzin was recruited by the SBU and promised $18,000.