The FSB reported on the suppression of the activities of “Artpodgotovka” in six regions

The FSB reported on the suppression of the activities of the Artpodgotovka movement in six regions; Activists were detained in the Moscow region for allegedly planning to set fire to administrative buildings on November 4 and 5, the intelligence service reports .

“The illegal activities of the clandestine cell of the Artpodgotovka movement, which planned to carry out high-profile extremist actions on November 4–5, 2017 in the form of arson of administrative buildings using incendiary mixtures and attacks on police officers with the aim of provoking mass unrest, were suppressed,” the intelligence service reports about the capital region.

The number of detainees is not specified. The FSB notes that 15 Molotov cocktails were seized, and the issue of initiating a case under Article 30, Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code (attempted terrorist attack) is being decided.

The department also reports that the movement’s activities have been suppressed in Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Saratov and Samara. According to the intelligence service, “Artpodgotovka activists who remained in Russia in a number of cities across the country formed groups to carry out high-profile extremist actions aimed at destabilizing the socio-political situation.”

Earlier on October 27, the Meshchansky District Court arrested supporters of the nationalist Vyacheslav Maltsev, Yuri Korny and Andrei Keptya, suspected of a terrorist attack committed by a group of people (clause “a” of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). They were detained on October 12 on Manezhnaya Square, according to Ren-TV, when they were pouring gasoline into bottles.

Mediazona wrote about the persecution of Maltsev’s supporters throughout Russia after his Artpodgotovka movement was declared extremist and banned.

The leader of the unregistered movement, Vyacheslav Maltsev, left Russia due to a criminal case. Artpodgotovka activists scheduled a revolution for November 5, but no specific plan of action was announced.