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The Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has foiled an assassination attempt. Konstantin MalofeevA popular oligarch, their step was prepared by a nationalist group headed by the Security Service of Ukraine. “The Russian Federal Security Service thwarted an attack organized by the Ukrainian special services against Konstantin Malofeev, the chairman of the board of directors of Sargrad Group”He said that FSB in a statement.

The FSB said the murder plan was prepared by Denis Kapostin. “Saboteurs” He claimed on social media that he had infiltrated Russian territory bordering Ukraine last week. According to the FSB, Mr. Kapustin, a Russian far-right activist, “Residing on Ukrainian territory and operating under the control of the SBU”, Security Service of Ukraine. A study of “attack”, “Involvement in Terrorist Activities” And “Traffic of Explosives” opened against him by the FSB. Agence France-Presse could not independently verify these claims.

Konstantin Malofeev is an alleged billionaire targeted by European and US sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 over its annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. He is the founder of the Tsargrad Group, which includes a nationalist and conservative television channel. According to the FSB press release, Mr. The attack was to be carried out using an improvised explosive device placed in Malofeev’s car.

In August, the FSB had already charged the SBU with the death of Daria Dougvina, the daughter of a prominent ideologue close to the Kremlin, when her car exploded near Moscow. FSB Mr. It also accuses Kapustin of organizing and participating in it“infiltration” According to Moscow, two people died and one was injured in Bryansk region (south-west) of Ukraine, bordering Ukraine. The Ukrainian president denied this information, seeing it as a “Deliberate Incitement” It aims to justify Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine for more than a year.