Five alleged members of Crimean cell of banned terrorist organization arrested
Two alleged leaders and three alleged members of a Crimean cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir banned in Russia have been arrested by the Federal Security Service (FSB).
St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack case sentence comes into force
Sentence delivered in case over a suicide bomber terror attack committed in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017 came into force on Monday.
Russia’s security officers clamp down on activity of terrorist cell in Tyumen region
Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Tyumen have clamped down on the criminal activity of several members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia allegedly planning terrorist attacks in the region.
Twelve courts evacuated in Moscow over bomb threats
Twelve Moscow courts have evacuated its headquarters after receiving bomb threats.
Russian Supreme Court upholds $7K fine imposed on journalist for terrorism justification
The Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday dismissed a cassation appeal filed by journalist of the radio Echo of Moscow in Pskov Svetlana Prokopyeva againsts imposition of 500,000-ruble ($7,000) fine on her for justifying terrorism.
President Putin obliges media to indicate terrorist organizations banned in Russia
President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing administrative responsibility for disseminating information about terrorist organizations without indicating that those had been liquidated or activities thereof had been banned in Russia.
State Duma passes bill obliging media to indicate terrorist organizations banned in Russia
The State Duma has passed in the third and final reading a bill introducing administrative responsibility for disseminating information about terrorist organizations without indicating that those had been liquidated or activities thereof had been banned in Russia.
Terrorist recruiter gets 13 years in Russian penal colony
A court in Irkutsk has sentenced a national of Tajikistan guilty of recruiting new members to the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia to 13 years in high-security penal colony.
MPs back bill banning extremists from running for State Duma election
State Duma lawmakers passed a draft law prohibiting persons having links to extremist and terrorist organizations to run for elections in the lower house of parliament in the second reading on Tuesday.
Two ex-policemen receive long prison terms for planning terror attack
The Second Western District Military Court on Tuesday sentenced two ex-police officers of the Krasnodar Directorate of the Interior Ministry Maxim Kotomanov and Dmitry Krasilnikov to 17 and 14 years in high-security penal colony respectively for planning to send letters with poisonous substances to diplomatic missions.
Prosecutors seek 16 and 18 years behind bars for ex-policemen for planning terror attack
Public prosecutors have moved to sentence former police officers of the Krasnodar Directorate of the Interior Ministry Maxim Kotomanov and Dmitry Krasilnikov to 16 and 18 years in a maximum security penal colony charged with planning to send letters with poisonous substances to diplomatic missions.
Russian Supreme Court upholds Ukrainian ex-minister’s sentence for terrorist calls
The Military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court on Friday upheld sentence passed on ex-defense minister of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko for calls through media to blast Russian trains and cars in absentia.
Russian government approves anti-terrorism requirements for children's camps
All Russian children's camps will have system for transmitting alarm messages to emergency services; buildings and territories will be inspected at least four times a day, according to new anti-terrorist requirements for places for organizing recreation and recuperation of children.
Moscow resident put in detention on terrorism funding allegations
A court has detained a Moscow resident charged with funding the Islamic State, the international terrorist organization banned in Russia.
Terror attack in educational institution prevented in Crimea — Russian Federal Security Service
The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia has prevented a terror attack in Crimea.
Alleged terrorism plotter arrested in Russia’s Stavropol Territory
An alleged supporter of terrorism and plotter of a terrorist attack against law enforcement has been arrested in Kislovodsk, a town in Russia’s Stavropol Territory.
Ex-member of notorious Basayev gang gets 14 years for infringement on servicemen life
A former member of Shamil Basayev and Emir Khattab’s gang living in Russia’s Stavropol Territory Mavlimberdi Akbulatov has received 14 years in high-security colony for infringement on the military personnel’s life.
Ex-member of Basayev gang detained as part of case over 2000 attack on Russian servicemen
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and Investigative Committee have arrested in Moscow an alleged member of Shamil Basayev's gang, German Arbinin, who stands charged of banditry, armed rebellion and infringement on the life of a policeman.
Russia’s Ombudsman turns to prosecutors in defense of rights of arrested Chechens
Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has forwarded a plea in defense of the rights of a group of Chechens arrested in Nizhny Novgorod on terrorism allegations to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Appeals against sentence of seven terrorist group members reach Russian Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Russia will proceed with cassation appeals against sentence passed on seven members of a St. Petersburg cell of a group known as Set, meaning Network, banned in Russia as terrorist.