FSB: The purpose of the prepared terrorist attack was the cessation of the Russian operation in Syria

The planned attack in Moscow was aimed at destabilizing the situation in the country and the termination of the use of the Russian army in Syria. This was stated by a representative of the FSB at a meeting of the Lefortovo District Court to elect a preventive measure for the detainees, Interfax reports .

"They planned to commit a terrorist attack to destabilize the authorities and end the use of the army in Syria against ISIS," said the representative of the special services. According to him, the elements of an explosive device to the capital were brought from Grozny as a suspect Aslan Baysultanov and Elman Ashaev. According to the investigation, the customer of the crime is a certain Shamil Chergizov. The investigator said that he has a large number of evidence in the case.

Ashaev is a native of Kazakhstan, registered in Chechnya. His lawyer stated that he pleaded guilty, actively cooperates with the investigation, and asked not to arrest his client. The court arrested him, Baysultanov and another Mokhmad Mezhidov, and another detainee in this case.

The case of the preparation of the attack is combined with the case in relation to Chergizov and other unidentified persons about participating in the illegal armed formation in the territory of Chechnya, excited in July. The investigation period was extended until February 12.

Meanwhile, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that the Chechen security officials contributed to the detention of the alleged terrorists. "Earlier, the leadership of the regional law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic to Moscow sent detailed information about the personalities of criminals who plan to commit terrorist attacks. However, there is not a single word in messages about the detention of bandits that this was done with the help of colleagues from Chechnya," he wrote.

Kadyrov also explained that on October 8 he announced the liquidation of Baisultanov, since his passport was found at the place of special operation in Grozny. “I stated this in hot pursuit, answering media questions,” Kvdyrov emphasized. According to the head of Chechnya, the investigators quickly found out that there was no Baisultanov among the killed militants, and his name was not listed in Moscow sent to Moscow.

On Sunday, FSB operatives conducted an operation to detain suspects in preparing the attack . "The address was set in Moscow, in which from 6 to 11 people periodically stayed, some of which went through combat training in the Islamic State camps in Syria and arrived in Russia long before the start of the Russian military operation in the Sar. Taking into account the received operational data, the above address was blocked, the persons were detained in it," the report said. It is noted that all detainees are Russian citizens.

Explosives were found in the apartment. The residents of the house were evacuated and disabled in it gas supply. Further work at the scene was carried out by the employees of the explosive engineering laboratory of the FSB. "In the process of engineering-sapper examination, a mixed explosive (5 kg), made on the basis of ammonium nitrate, was detected and neutralized. During the subsequent search in the apartment, an industrial production of the EDP industrial production, a scales for the accurate measurement of the proportions of the components of explosives, a cellular set of tools and instructions for the assembly of the assembly of the assembly were seized. IVO, ”the FSB notes. The published operational video shows that explosives were stored in a washing machine.

The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia opened a criminal case under part 1 of Article 30 of paragraph "A" Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code (preparation for an organized group), part 3 of Article 222.1 (illegal turnover of weapons), part 1 of Article 30 - part 3 of Article 223.1 (preparation for the manufacture of explosive devices).

The detainees admitted that they planned to conduct a terrorist attack in the public transport of the capital, the FSB press service reported.