April 24, 2026
FSB says it foiled car bombing plot targeting Russia’s internet regulator
Russia’s Federal Security Service said it had uncovered a plot to assassinate the leadership of Roskomnadzor, the country’s federal censorship agency. The FSB’s public relations center said agents foiled a planned car bombing targeting the agency’s senior officials on April 18, 2026, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
TL;DR
- The FSB claims to have uncovered and foiled a plot to assassinate the leadership of Roskomnadzor.
- A planned car bombing targeting senior officials was reportedly thwarted.
- Seven individuals were detained in connection with the plot in multiple Russian cities.
- The FSB stated that the group's leader offered armed resistance and was killed during his arrest.
- Detainees were allegedly recruited through Telegram and found with neo-Nazi paraphernalia and symbols of Ukrainian paramilitary formations.
- Criminal cases have been opened for illegal weapons trafficking, with potential charges for preparing a terrorist attack.
- The FSB also claims Ukrainian intelligence services are intensifying activities to disrupt information space security measures, including blocking Telegram.
- Threats of violence and preparations for terrorist attacks against Roskomnadzor leadership and their families are ongoing.
- This incident follows the January assassination of Alexei Belyayev, a senior Roskomnadzor official.
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