Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

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Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Denis Popovich, an assistant to the Metropolitan, arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea (Shevkunov), is seen after being detained in Moscow, Russia. The perpetrators, one Russian and one Ukrainian citizen, have been detained in Moscow, the security service said, adding that an improvised explosive device and two forged passports of Ukrainian citizens with fake personal data have been seized from the failed attackers, who had been recruited by Kiev's military intelligence.

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Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), FSB officers check false documents belonging to Nikita Ivankovich, a cleric arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea (Shevkunov), in Moscow, Russia. The perpetrators, one Russian and one Ukrainian citizen, have been detained in Moscow, the security service said, adding that an improvised explosive device and two forged passports of Ukrainian citizens with fake personal data have been seized from the failed attackers, who had been recruited by Kiev's military intelligence.

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Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), FSB officers uncover a cache of documents and an explosive device belonging to Metropolitan Assistant Denis Popovich and cleric Nikita Ivankovich, both arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea (Shevkunov), in Moscow, Russia. The perpetrators, one Russian and one Ukrainian citizen, have been detained in Moscow, the security service said, adding that an improvised explosive device and two forged passports of Ukrainian citizens with fake personal data have been seized from the failed attackers, who had been recruited by Kiev's military intelligence.

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Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Nikita Ivankovich, a cleric arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea (Shevkunov), is seen after being detained in Moscow, Russia. The perpetrators, one Russian and one Ukrainian citizen, have been detained in Moscow, the security service said, adding that an improvised explosive device and two forged passports of Ukrainian citizens with fake personal data have been seized from the failed attackers, who had been recruited by Kiev's military intelligence.

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Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), FSB officers detain Denis Popovich, an assistant to the Metropolitan, on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea (Shevkunov), in Moscow, Russia. The perpetrators, one Russian and one Ukrainian citizen, have been detained in Moscow, the security service said, adding that an improvised explosive device and two forged passports of Ukrainian citizens with fake personal data have been seized from the failed attackers, who had been recruited by Kiev's military intelligence.

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Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), FSB officers escort Nikita Ivankovich, a cleric arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea (Shevkunov), in Moscow, Russia. The perpetrators, one Russian and one Ukrainian citizen, have been detained in Moscow, the security service said, adding that an improvised explosive device and two forged passports of Ukrainian citizens with fake personal data have been seized from the failed attackers, who had been recruited by Kiev's military intelligence.

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Russia Crimea Metropolitan Attack

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), cleric Nikita Ivankovich, suspected in plotting a terrorist attack against Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Simferopol and Crimea, is seen during detention by FSB officers in Moscow, Russia. The perpetrators, one Russian and one Ukrainian citizen, were recruited by Ukrainian special services, the FSB said in a statement, adding that an improvised explosive device and two forged passports of Ukrainian citizens with fake personal data have been seized from the failed attackers.

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