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Russia's FSB Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Samara Region

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday that it had prevented a terrorist attack in the Samara Region, adding that the person who planned to commit the attack was an accomplice of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC)*.
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"Russia's FSB on the territory of the Samara Region has prevented a terrorist attack planned by a Russian citizen, born in 1994, an accomplice of the Russian Volunteer Corps terrorist organization, operating under the patronage of the Ukrainian special services," the FSB said in a statement.
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The saboteur recruited by Ukraine in the Samara Region planned to use explosives at a humanitarian aid reception center, but he blew himself up during the arrest, the statement added.
*banned as terrorist organization in Russia
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