Russian authorities claimed Monday to have prevented an assassination attempt against Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, chairman of the board of directors of the Tsargrad media group and close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) has indicated that those responsible for the assassination attempt planned to plant a limpet bomb in Malofeyev’s vehicle and has accused the founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), Denis Kapustin, of the plan.
Malofeyev, who is also the founder of the international investment fund Marshall Capital Partners and who is under U.S. sanctions, created in 2015 Tsargrad TV, which maintains a conservative editorial line and promotes the Orthodox religion.
The agency has outlined that Kapustin is also the ‘mastermind’ of the attack perpetrated last week by »saboteurs» in the Bryansk region, located on the border with Ukraine, which resulted in at least two deaths, as reported by the Russian news agency Interfax.
The RDK claimed responsibility for the attack in Bryansk. The group has been part of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine since August 2022 and is composed of Russian far-rightists who previously fought within the neo-Nazi group Azov Battalion and other Ukrainian units in the Donbas region (east) since 2014. The group uses symbols of the Russian Liberation Army–known as Vlasov’s Army–which collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described what happened in the Bryansk region as »a terrorist act» and »a crime» and denounced that the assailants crossed the border from Ukraine and »opened fire on civilians». The president also branded those responsible for the attack as »neo-Nazis».
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
