Russian Federal Security Service says Sobchak and Simonyan tried to kill them
In the alleged assassination attempt, the FSB found a "Ukrainian trace".
The Russian Federal Security Service has said that it has prevented the murder of pro-Kremlin propagandists Margarita Simonyan and Kseniya Sobchak. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
According to the Russian Federation, the murders were allegedly prepared by "Ukrainian special services" and "neo-Nazis from the Paragraph-88 group" were detained as part of the case.
The detentions took place in the Ryazan and Moscow regions. The detainees allegedly monitored the addresses where the propagandists lived.
A Kalashnikov assault rifle with ammunition, rubber truncheons, knives, brass knuckles and handcuffs were seized from the detainees," pro-Kremlin media reported.
The number of detainees was not specified.
The FSB said that the detainees were allegedly preparing assassination attempts "on the instructions of the SBU" for a reward of 1.5 million rubles for each murder.
The Russian Investigative Committee plans to launch criminal cases with "extremist and terrorist colouring" against the detainees.
Oleg Kotov writes about the war in Ukraine and how it is changing the world.
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