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Russia’s security service disrupts smuggling of cigarettes from UAE

13:55 07/09/2020 About one hundred metric tons of cigarettes illegally imported form the United Arab Emirates have been seized by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

Thirteen alleged plotters of mass murders arrested in several Russian regions

12:19 04/09/2020 Thirteen persons, who had allegedly planned mass murders with the use of improvised explosive devices, flame liquids and cold arms, were arrested in several regions of Russia.

Russian strategic rocket forces serviceman detained on suspicion of treason

10:58 27/08/2020 A serviceman of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces has been put in detention on treason allegations.

Russia’s Security Service suspends probe into scientist charged with treason

11:01 24/08/2020 The Federal Security Service (FSB) has suspended a preliminary investigation of the case of Viktor Kudryavtsev, a scientist of the Central Research Institute for Engineering Technology (TsNIImash) charged with treason; his travel restrictions have been lifted.

Ukraine’s attempt to kidnap Russian national suppressed – Federal Security Service

11:56 20/08/2020 The Federal Security Service of Russia has suppressed an illegal action of Ukrainian intelligence bodies to kidnap and forcedly transfer of a Russian citizen, who is one of the leaders of the Donbass people’s volunteer army, to Ukraine.

Black Sea Fleet serviceman detained on treason allegations

11:25 30/07/2020 A serviceman of Black Sea Navy Fleet has been put in detention on suspicion of treason. He has been arrested in Sevastopol.

Russia’s security service officers to be banned from professional secret breaking

16:51 21/07/2020 The State Duma passed a bill prohibiting officers and veterans of the Federal Security Service (FSB) from breaking so-called professional secrets in the second and third readings on Tuesday.

Ex-FSB officer gets suspended sentence for official secrets leak

10:27 10/07/2020 A former employee of the Federal Security Service’s regional directorate Anna Solovyeva has received a 3-year suspended sentence for leaking official secrets.

Emissary of St. Petersburg cell of terrorist organization jailed for 6 years

09:38 10/07/2020 Emissary of a so-called sleeper cell of the international terrorist organization Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations banned in Russia Bekzod Karimov has received 6 years in a high-security prison in St. Petersburg.

Former newspaper journalist detained until September in treason case

00:04 08/07/2020 Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court detained advisor of the Roscosmos state corporation’s CEO and ex-journalist of Kommersant newspaper Ivan Safronov until September 6 as part of a treason case.

FSB accuses arrested ex-journalist of transmitting top-secret data to NATO spy agencies

14:00 07/07/2020 Advisor of the Roscosmos state corporation’s CEO and ex-journalist of Kommersant newspaper Ivan Safronov is accused of collection and transfer of data constituting a state secret to an intelligence agency of one of the NATO states.

Ex-FSB officers charged with $2 mln embezzlement and robbery go on trial

11:19 29/05/2020 Ex-officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) charged with assault related to robbery and embezzlement of 136 million rubles (about $2 million) will stand trial in the Moscow District Military Court.

Russian man faces trial for alleged bribing security officer

14:46 20/05/2020 A court in Russia’s city of Omsk will consider a criminal case against a local resident, who has allegedly given a 200,000-ruble ($2,800) bribe to a Federal Security Serice (FSB) officer.

Detention of Russian security colonel accused of graft, fraud extended for month

13:52 19/03/2020 The Moscow Garrison Military Court on Thursday extended detention of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin in a case over taking bribes and fraud until April 24.

Russian prosecutors block overseas website sending false terrorist reports

13:43 23/01/2020 The Prosecutor General’s Office along with the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor have restricted access to information resources of the overseas online resource Startmail.com where from false terrorist reports had been sent.

Two men detained on charges of plotting New Year terrorist attack in St. Petersburg

11:37 31/12/2019 Two Russian citizens charged with plotting a New Year terrorist attack in St. Petersburg have been placed in detention.

Cars, flat of Zakharchenko corruption case defendant not to be forfeited to state - court

14:18 27/12/2019 The Moscow City Court on Friday ruled not to forfeit to the state two foreign cars and a Moscow flat belonging to ex-Federal Security Service’s (FSB) employee Dmitry Senin, a defendant in a corruption case of ex-colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko.

Russian President puts restrictions on ex-security employees’ departure abroad

15:52 16/12/2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a bill on temporary restriction on departure of leaving the country of ex-employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) into law.

Russian Supreme Court upholds 9-year jail term of ex-security service major for murder

17:24 05/12/2019 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a 9-year prison sentence given to ex-major of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Pavel Sterlyagov for murder under the influence of alcohol.

State Duma adopts bill on restriction on ex-FSB employees’ departure abroad

16:18 05/12/2019 The State Duma passed a bill on temporary restriction on departure of leaving the country of ex-employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the third and final reading on Thursday.

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