Moscow, Nov 20: Russia’s top domestic security agency Wednesday reported arresting a German national it accused of planning to sabotage energy facilities on orders from a Ukrainian national.
The Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that it detained German national Nikolai Gayduk as he entered Russia’s westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad from Poland and seized half a litre of liquid explosives from his car. It didn’t say whether Gayduk also had Russian citizenship or a visa to enter the country.
The FSB accused Gayduk, a resident of Hamburg born in 1967, of planning acts of sabotage on orders from a Ukrainian, Alexander Zhorov, who also lives in Hamburg.
The agency said Gayduk was involved in an explosion at a gas distribution station in Kaliningrad in March, and that a criminal case was brought against him on charges of a terrorist attack and smuggling of explosives.
A court ordered Gayduk to be placed in pretrial detention pending an investigation, Russian news agency Interfax reported. (AP)
Russia arrests German national for planning to sabotage energy facilities
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