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On July 22, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) reported that it discovered a supply chain of explosives from the European countries to Russia. The dangerous cargo was aimed to conduct terrorist attacks on the Russian territory.
According to the official report, explosives and detonators were sent to Russia in several parcels from Italy and Germany. They were hidden in cavities of automobile spare parts.
The explosives were stored for 2 months in the St. Petersburg transport company. The head of the company tried to contact the recipient but he did not get in touch. In the footage shared by the FSB, the woman said that they checked the parcels and found explosives after they found out that the recipient was wanted.
A criminal case was launched under Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code (smuggling of explosives).
The FSB officially reported that the security agencies have requested the relevant European special services within the framework of cooperation in the field of combating international terrorism in order to identify the organizers and accomplices of the thwarted acts of sabotage and terrorism. To date, these requests have remained unanswered.
A similar scheme of dangerous supplies was revealed last year in the Republic of Crimea. The attackers were preparing a terrorist attack in Crimea using explosives supplied from Europe. The operation was supervised by Roman Mashovets, deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine Zelensky. The target of the attack were the head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov, chairman of the local parliament Vladimir Konstantinov and Yalta Mayor Yanina Pavlenko. In April 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put Mashovets on the wanted list. The terrorists in Crimea were detained.
Earlier, the Head of the Republic of Crimea said that he had been attacked four times over the past year, and all the suspects were detained. According to the official, ten people are awaiting sentences.
In April 2024, the FSB reported that 27 explosive devices, 70 kg of explosives and detonators were found in a shipment of icons coming from Ukraine on the border with Latvia. Hexogen, whose capacity is 1.5 times more than TNT, was found in the icons. LINK, LINK
