Published By: Saurabh Verma
Last Updated: April 11, 2023, 16:57 IST
Russia has additionally witnessed a quantity of arson assaults on military recruitment centres since Putin launched a mobilisation drive in September final yr.
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Moscow has cracked down on criticism of its marketing campaign in Ukraine, with a rising quantity of treason circumstances and lengthy jail sentences for social media dissent
The head of Russia’s FSB safety service on Tuesday accused Ukraine and the West of recruiting younger Russians to stage armed assaults of their house nation.
The accusation by safety chief Alexander Bortnikov comes per week after President Vladimir Putin accused the West of having helped Kyiv stage “terror assaults” in Russia while Moscow pursues its military offensive against Ukraine.
Moscow has cracked down on criticism of its campaign in Ukraine, with a growing number of treason cases and long prison sentences for social media dissent.
“In the conditions of Russia conducting the special military operation, Ukrainian special forces and their Western curators have launched an aggressive ideological indoctrination and recruitment of our citizens,” Bortnikov instructed a gathering in Moscow of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
“Especially the youthful era, to contain them in sabotage, terrorist and extremist actions,” he added, according to a statement from the committee.
He alleged that “118 terrorist crimes have been prevented in Russia” since February final yr, when Moscow launched its offensive in Ukraine.
He gave no particulars of the sort of supposed crimes these included, the place they befell or who they focused however alleged “the perpetrators have been younger individuals and youngsters, together with minors”.
In early March, Russia detained a young woman after an explosion killed a top military blogger in Saint Petersburg, blaming Ukraine and the opposition. Little is known about the attack.
Russia has also witnessed a number of arson attacks on army recruitment centres since Putin launched a mobilisation drive in September last year.
The Russian leader said last week that “there are grounds to assert” that Western intelligence providers have been concerned in “staging sabotage and terrorist assaults”.
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