Russian FSB detains members of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Crimea, saying they found "traces" of Ukrainian involvement
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA — WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2022, 13:16
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) reported that in the cities of Dzhankoi and Yalta in occupied Crimea, it had detained six Russian citizens who were members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organisation, banned in Russia, and who allegedly acted on instructions from Ukraine.
Source: Russian propaganda news agency RIA Novosti, referring to the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)
Quote: "As a result of coordinated actions by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in the cities of Dzhankoi and Yalta, six Russian citizens belonging to a conspiratorial cell of a terrorist organisation were detained."
Details: According to the FSB, the members of the cell, with the support of "Ukrainian emissaries", spread "terrorist ideology" and recruited local Muslims to their ranks.
Informational materials, means of communication and electronic media were seized from the detainees.
Five detainees were arrested for two months, and the sixth was placed under house arrest.
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