Another attack, this time thwarted, in Russia against an extremist of Orthodox Christianity and President Vladimir Putin. New mystery in the shadow of the Kremlin that blames the Ukrainians. The Russian federal security service FSB, i.e. the internal secret services, said it had prevented an attack on the billionaire and CEO of the Tsargrad media group, Konstantin Malofeev, also considered the financier since 2014 of the pro-Russian militias in Donbass. The attack was allegedly organized by the so-called “Russian Volunteer Corps”, which claimed responsibility for the recent attack in the Briansk region of Russia.
According to the Russian authorities, “the terrorist act had to be perpetrated by detonating a homemade explosive device, placed under Malofeev’s car”, methods that led to the death of Alexandr Dugin’s daughter, Daria Dugina. The FSB told the Tass agency that the organizer of the crime is the founder and one of the leaders of the so-called ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’, which lives on the territory of Ukraine and operates under the control of the Security Service of Ukraine, participating in combat operations. against Russian troops on the Ukrainian side”.
The Russian Volunteer Corps – which describes itself as a volunteer formation that forms part of the Ukrainian armed forces, which Kiev has not confirmed – claimed responsibility for last week’s attack in the Russian region of Bryansk, bordering Ukraine, in which two people were killed. civilians. The founder of the group is Denis Kapustin, known under the pseudonym Denis Nikitin, born in Moscow in 1984 and described by various Western media as a neo-Nazi. According to the Russian special service, Kapustin organized and directly participated in the March 2 attack by members of the Russian Volunteer Corps on villages in the Briansk region, in which two people were killed, according to Moscow. Russian investigators have opened a criminal case against Kapustin for the attempt on Malofeev’s life, who assured on Telegram that he was not injured in the attack. “Thanks to all my friends for the words of support. I want to assure you that neither today nor tomorrow, nothing – neither threats nor terrorist attacks – will affect my ardent and sincere patriotic position. The enemy will be defeated. Victory will be ours, God is with us!” Malofeev said.
Source: IL Tempo
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