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Russia Accuses Ukraine of Crocus City Hall Attack, Denies US Claims of Islamic State Involvement
A high-ranking Russian official has pointed fingers at Ukraine for orchestrating the deadly attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow, which claimed the lives of 139 individuals last Friday, according to a report by AFP.
US concludes Russia poisoned Navalny, joins EU in sanctions
The United States on March 2 imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials in a coordinated action with the European Union as U.S. intelligence concluded that Moscow orchestrated the near fatal poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
FSB warns about "5,000 terrorists" at border
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Turkey helped Russia foil terrorist attack: Russian security service official
Russian security services prevented a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg thanks to Turkey's help, Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov stated on April 4.
Return of Defeated IS Fighters 'Real Threat' to Russia
Former militants from "bandit units" in Syria are now a real threat after the defeat of Islamic State, as many of them may be now planning to return to Russia, the RIA news agency cited the head of Russia's FSB security service as saying on Tuesday.
FSB: ISIS wants to create new global terrorist network
The leftovers of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) could try to form a new terrorist network after its eventual defeat in the Middle East, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov warns.
The terrorists have been "almost defeated while attempting to build their caliphate in Iraq and Syria," he noted.
Russia Introduces Border Controls with Belarus
Russian authorities have introduced border checks with Belarus days after Minsk's decision to scrap short-term visas for nationals of 80 states.
The measure has been ordered by Russia's domestic security service FSB Aleksandr Bortnikov, according to Sputnik News.
Russian media do not give an explicit link between the border controls and the visa waiver.
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IS Group Claims Homemade Bomb Brought Down Russian Passenger Jet in Egypt
The Islamic State (IS) group said on Wednesday that a homemade bomb had brought down the Russian Airbus A321 in Egypt in October, Reuters reported.
The English-language Dabiq magazine of the jhihadist organization published a photo of a Schweppes soft drink can and "what appeared to be a detonator and switch", the newswire said.
Russian passenger plane was destroyed by terrorists
The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt last month was destroyed by terrorists, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov has said.
RT is reporting that Bortnikov informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that "traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of the plane."
Russian plane crash was an act of terror: 2 Egyptian airport employees being held
Russian Security Service (FSB) head Alexander Bortnikov said that the explosion of a homemade bomb of up to 1kg of TNT equivalent was the cause of the crash of the Kogalymavia flight 9268 A321 airbus over Sinai, Egypt, while en route from Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg on October 31.