FSB alleges election plots Arrests and foiled bombing

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Ivan Blagoy reports the FSB's detention of a man and a woman in Zabaykalsky Krai over alleged Ukrainian-directed election sabotage. FSB-provided correspondence and detainee statements describe a Krasnokamensk man's August recruitment, photographs of administrative and enlistment buildings, and a September party-headquarters arson assignment interrupted by his arrest. The woman describes joining an election commission and supplying ballot photographs; the report says she was prepared to steal ballots and received no payment. An unidentified FSB officer links the handlers to the Freedom of Russia Legion, and investigators make further claims about its Ukrainian affiliation. A retrospective then reports attacks on election workers and polling premises, including deaths of Olga Demyanenko and Elena Ostanina and Viktoria Maksimova's account of a house fire and injuries to her family. A distinct Donetsk case includes a detainee's account and FSB allegations of a polling-station car bombing prepared with more than twenty kilograms of explosives and a further drone-delivered device. The report says that attack was prevented. Allegations and detainee statements remain attributed; precise arrest and earlier attack dates are not established.

The FSB reports detaining two Zabaykalsky Krai residents over alleged Ukrainian-directed interference in September elections. Its footage, supplied correspondence and detainee statements describe a Krasnokamensk man's reconnaissance and interrupted party-headquarters arson assignment, and a woman's election-commission infiltration, ballot photographs and willingness to steal ballots. The handlers' identity and Ukrainian organizational links are FSB and investigator claims. Actual arrest days are not established.