Moscow: a young Russian arrested after the United States warned of a possible attack

A Russian minor was arrested as part of the investigation launched after the American authorities warned of a threat of attack in Moscow, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Sunday, cited by Russian agencies.

The FSB said on Saturday it was carrying out operations following the report by the American authorities of a threat of attack at the Tsaritsyno museum-reserve in Moscow. The American embassy in Moscow said the same day that it was “informed of a credible threat” of attack on this cultural site in the Russian capital.

As part of this investigation, Russian law enforcement officers “arrested a minor Russian citizen,” the FSB said in a statement cited by Russian news agencies on Sunday. Investigators say in particular that they found photos published by the suspect “on the video platform TikTok on which he is wearing tactical clothing, a balaclava (...) and holding an object resembling an automatic weapon, as well as photos taken at the Tsaritsyno museum with the caption “I found a place””.

They also say they found on his phone “a subscription to a neo-Nazi Telegram channel” and, in his history, searches on terrorist acts and mass murders, according to the FSB press release cited by the Tass agency. Russia has been targeted by multiple attacks over the past thirty years, particularly in Moscow and the Russian Caucasus.