OREANDA-NEWS  The Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol has chosen a preventive measure in the form of arrest to a resident of the city suspected of attempting to commit a terrorist attack on railway tracks near the Balaklava thermal power plant (TPP), the press service of the Federal Security Service for Crimea and Sevastopol told Interfax on Tuesday.

Earlier, the FSB Public Relations Center (PSC) reported on the detention of a 29-year-old resident of Sevastopol, who, according to the department, in September 2023, proactively established contact with the SBU, received money from curators and bought flammable liquid to set fire to special equipment on the railway near the Balaklava thermal power plant. However, according to the FSB, he did not complete his intention, because he was detained at the scene of the crime.

Criminal cases have been initiated against the detainee under Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state), Part 3 of Article 30, part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted terrorist act), the DSP added.