
According to updated data, the group planned to commit terrorist acts using machine guns and explosives in crowded places.
"The activities of an interregional terrorist group consisting of people from Central Asian countries who planned to carry out a series of resonant sabotage and terrorist acts in the city of Moscow and the city of St. Petersburg, have been stopped," the ministry said.
During the searches, four improvised fire bombs were seized from the detainees. weapon and ammunition.