During the special operation in Apraksinom yard about 300 people were detained
In the very center of St. Petersburg, in Apraksin dvor, today a large-scale special operation took place, in which representatives of many power units took part. Several special forces platoons blocked the block adjacent to Sadovaya Street.
At the same time, groups armed with machine guns and in masks broke into one of the rooms located in the mall. At this moment there was a prayer. The criminal case in which the searches and detentions took place explains the seriousness of what was happening - it was instituted under the article “appeal to terrorism”. Employees of the FSB, the center - the Ministry of Internal Affairs, various units of the police and the migration service detained about 300 people. Special operations personnel - in the material of our correspondents.
This is a special operation footage in Apraksinoy yard. The fighters of power units occupy one of the floors of numerous market buildings. According to operational information, members of the radical religious group can be among those present. At the same time, the security forces surround the building - so that no one escapes. The blocked rules explain the game.
Siloviki combed almost the entire territory of the market - from outbuildings and shops to the “prayer rooms”. The press service of the FSB explained which articles were the reason for such a large-scale special operation.
Dmitry Kochetkov, Head of the Press Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region: “A complex of operational and investigative actions is being carried out in the framework of the investigation of criminal cases initiated by the Investigative Committees under articles of the criminal code number 205.2“ Public calls for terrorist activities and public justification of terrorism ”and No. 282 -“ Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity ". Currently, the defendants in the criminal case are detained, extremist literature has been seized. Activities continue. ”
Searches in Apraksinom yard lasted about two hours. And not only there. The investigators named the name of one of the detainees before the end of the operation.
Sergey Kapitonov, senior assistant to the head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on the city of St. Petersburg on media relations: “On suspicion of committing a crime, Marat Sarbashev 1988, born in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, residing in St. Petersburg without registration, is currently detained. He is suspected of posting from October 2010 of the year to April 2011 of the year on the Internet literature of extremist content, as well as video clips depicting terrorist acts. "
The security forces do not specify the confessional affiliation of the detainees. The spiritual leader of the Muslims of St. Petersburg, Ravil Ponchayev, in turn, stated that extremism, terrorism and ethnic strife cannot have any relation to religion.
Ravil Ponchaev, Mufti of St. Petersburg, Rector of the Cathedral Mosque: “The basis of Islam is the world, and therefore when we say that Islam is related to some organizations, there is nothing like that here. Drugs, ammunition, prohibited literature is not compatible with Islam. Islam is a religion of peace. ”
Nikolai Rastvortsev, correspondent: “Searches in St. Petersburg today took place not only in Apraksin dvor, but also at other addresses. As reported by news agencies, citing sources, the purpose of the special operation is the complete elimination of the radical group that was acting secretly in the region. ”
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