Russian police have arrested a minor in connection with an alleged plot to attack Moscow, Russian news agencies reported Sunday, after Russia received a tip-off from the United States.<\/p>\n
The US embassy in Moscow published a statement on Saturday saying it was “aware of a credible threat of a mass casualty event… at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in Moscow”.<\/p>\n
The US embassy did not give details on who was plotting the attack.<\/p>\n
In a statement quoted by Russian news agencies on Sunday, Russia’s FSB security service said it had arrested a minor who had posted photos of himself on TikTok wearing a balaclava, cap and goggles and holding what resembled an automatic weapon.<\/p>\n
The unidentified male, who the FSB said was a Russian citizen, had shared photos taken at the Tsaritsyno museum reserve along with the caption: “I found a place” and was allegedly subscribed to a “neo-Nazi” Telegram channel, it said.<\/p>\n
The FSB did not name the male in question.<\/p>\n
“We are grateful to the American side for the information provided,” the FSB was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
The Tsaritsyno museum is an imperial palace and park complex in southern Moscow popular with residents and tourists.<\/p>\n
Russian Telegram channel Baza, which has reported links to law enforcement, said the park was closed on Saturday and open only for people leaving the grounds.<\/p>\n
The US has provided Russia with warnings of planned attacks before, including in March 2024, weeks before an ISIS-K attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed over 100 people.<\/p>\n
Relations between Russia and the United States have thawed in recent months, amid ongoing strain between Washington and Kyiv over a US-Russia diesel deal.<\/p>\n
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