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flag Two attempted synagogue attacks in southern Russia were thwarted by the FSB, linked to a foreign extremist group and a false Telegram rumor from a Russian exile.

flag Two attempted synagogue attacks in southern Russia were foiled by the FSB, which blamed a foreign-based extremist group seeking to stir religious unrest. flag In Krasnoyarsk, two men from a Central Asian country were arrested for building an explosive device; in Pyatigorsk, a man was detained for planning firebomb attacks after messages from a foreign instigator were found on his phone. flag The plots were linked to the 2023 Dagestan anti-Semitic riot, sparked by a false Telegram claim about Jewish refugees arriving from Tel Aviv. flag Over 130 people were charged in that incident, with initial sentences issued in August 2024. flag The Telegram channel spreading the false information is tied to Ilya Ponomarev, a former Russian MP who fled to Ukraine in 2014 and now leads a pro-Western resistance movement advocating political assassinations in Russia.

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