"US citizen Derrick Bales is accused in absentia of committing a terrorist act, mercenary activity, murder and attempted murder of two or more persons, as well as persons engaged in official activities, committed by an organized group, in a generally dangerous way motivated by political and ideological hatred, illegal crossing of the state border, encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer, the use of violence in relation to an authority representative, and of committing a number of other crimes," the committee said in a statement.
Bales personally partook in the Ukraine conflict as a FOG mercenary on the Russian territory, the investigators said, adding that the defendant illegally crossed the Russian border in August and invaded the Kursk Region to intimidate the local residents, cause property damage, destabilize the activities of the authorities, and committed crimes aimed at killing and attempted murder of the civilians.
In August, FOG posted on social media under the nickname "gearlab.official" a photo of its members participating in the Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk Region.