Russia Detains 25 Ukrainians Suspected of Plotting Terror
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Russia said it detained 25 Ukrainian citizens suspected of plotting terror attacks on its territory after Ukraine accused Russian forces of playing a role in violence this year that cost more than 100 lives.
The detentions were made based on information that members of Pravyi Sektor, an umbrella group that unites the majority of Ukraine’s nationalist protesters, planned to carry out “sabotage and terrorist acts” in seven Russian regions, the Federal Security Agency, or FSB, said yesterday, according to a statement cited by the state-run RIA Novosti new service. An official at the FSB’s press center, who didn’t give his name, declined to comment by phone today.