Tass reports arrest of members of neo-Nazi group allegedly plotting to kill TV host on Ukraine\u2019s orders
\n Moscow
\nVladimir Putin has claimed his country\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB) spy agency has foiled what he said was a western plan to kill a prominent Russian journalist.
\n\u201cThis morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill one famous Russian TV journalist. \u2026 We have indisputable facts,\u201d the Russian president said during a meeting with his country\u2019s top prosecutors.
\n\u201cAfter experiencing an information fiasco in Russia, the west has now turned to attempts to kill Russian journalists,\u201d Putin added, without providing evidence to support his claim.
\nShortly after Putin\u2019s statements, the Russian news agency Tass said the security services had arrested Russian members of a neo-Nazi group called National Socialism\/White Power that was allegedly plotting to kill the popular pro-Kremlin state TV host Vladimir Solovyev on Ukraine\u2019s orders.
\nTass said the security services seized a number of weapons as well as eight Molotov cocktails and six pistols during the arrest of the group.
\nThe FSB frequently claims to foil terrorist acts plotted by what it says are far-right groups acting on behalf of Ukraine, without providing much evidence to support their allegations. Days prior to Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Russia\u2019s security services also accused Kyiv of a number of attacks on Russian territory and the separatist-held Donbas, claims that were later debunked by independent journalists.
\nPutin on Monday further said that the west was attempting to destroy Russia from the inside.
\n\u201cThe task of splitting Russian society, destroying the country from the inside, has come to the fore for the west, but their efforts will fail,\u201d Putin said, adding that Russian society had \u201cnever been more united\u201d.
\nPutin also accused the west of using foreign media organisations and social media to organise \u201cprovocations\u201d against Russia\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tass reports arrest of members of neo-Nazi group allegedly plotting to kill TV host on Ukraine\u2019s orders Moscow Vladimir Putin has claimed his country\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB) spy agency has foiled what he said was a western plan to kill a prominent Russian journalist. \u201cThis morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6398,359,633],"class_list":["post-257347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-fsb","tag-journalist","tag-vladimir-putin"],"yoast_head":"\n