Russian Intelligence Claims Foiling Attempt On Life Of 2 Journalists
Date
7/17/2023 12:13:57 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) The Russian federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it
foiled an attempt on the life of two Russian journalists by
Ukrainian saboteurs, Azernews reports, citing Yeni Shafak.
In a statement, the service said that members of the neo-Nazi
group, which calls itself Paragraph 88 (88 stands for Heil Hitler
as H is the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet), confessed they
had been recruited by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) to kill
director of RT TV channel Margarita Simonyan and TV anchor Ksenia
Sobchak.
They were paid 1.5 million rubles (some $16,600) for each
murder, it said.
During a raid at the suspects' apartment, the investigators
seized a Klashnikov assault rifle, 90 rounds of ammunition, knives,
brass knuckles, rubber batons, handcuffs, chevrons and flags with
Nazi symbols, Nazi literature, as well as communications equipment
and computers with information confirming their criminal
intentions, the statement said.
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case
against them.
In 2022-2023, several Russian journalists were killed and
injured in attacks for which Moscow hold Ukraine responsible.
Commenting on the allegations, the head of Ukraine's military
intelligence Kyrylo Budanov did not deny Kyiv's involvement.
In August 2022, Darya Dugina was killed in a car explosion,
which was organized, according to Russian investigators, by
Ukrainian national Natalya Vovk.
In April 2023, war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in
an explosion caused by a device hidden in a bust. Russian national
Darya Trepova, who handed him the statuette, confessed that she was
recruited by people working for Ukraine's intelligence.
In May 2023, war reporter and writer Zakhar Prilepin's car
exploded, killing his driver Aleksandr Shubin. The man arrested
following the incident also claimed he was recruited by Ukrainian
intelligence.
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