On August 24, the FSB of the Russian Federation reported that an Azov supporter was detained in Kaliningrad, who, according to the FSB, was planning to carry out sabotage at Baltic Fleet facilities and at the airport. But the department did not name the detainee.
ASTRA found out that the person detained and arrested is Igor Kursakov, a well-known traveler in the region. He is the author and organizer of original car tours around the Russian Federation, and has repeatedly given interviews to local media.
So, November 2, 2018 edition of the country. 39 wrote about Igor: “By profession, he is a food preparation technologist – he was born in the pre-Ural Votkinsk, the homeland of Tchaikovsky. There he met his wife, with whom he moved to oil-producing Khanty-Mansiysk about 15 years ago, and from there in 2012 to Kaliningrad.” Igor himself said that he also lived in Chechnya for some time.
The FSB of the Russian Federation assures that the traveler, at the direction of Azov coordinators located in Ukraine, planned to commit sabotage and escape. They allegedly found a homemade explosive device and symbols of a banned organization at his home.
The FSB claims that the detainee confessed.
A criminal case has been initiated under Part 1 of Art. 30 hours 1 tbsp. 205 (preparation for a terrorist act), part 1 of Art. 223.1 (illegal manufacture of weapons) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
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