The saboteur-pensioner was preparing the murder of an employee of the defense industry enterprise in St. Petersburg

FSB officers prevented a murder in In St. Petersburg, an employee of one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC), a Russian woman of retirement age recruited by the Security Service of Ukraine, trained in sabotage activities, was detained.

"The sabotage and terrorist act being prepared by the Ukrainian special services on the territory of St. Petersburg was prevented. As a result of the measures taken, a Russian citizen born in 1966 was detained, who, while living in Ukraine, was recruited by the Security Service of Ukraine and trained in sabotage and terrorist activities under the guidance of curators," the FSB Public Relations Center of Russia reported.

As indicated, having arrived in Russia through third countries, the woman attempted to remove firearms and an improvised explosive device from a cache in the Smolensk region, which she was supposed to use to kill an employee of one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex in the Leningrad region.

A Makarov pistol, an IED based on a plastic explosive of foreign manufacture and means of communication with correspondence with those on the In Ukraine, the coordinators of terrorist activities.

The investigation Department of the FSB in the Smolensk region opened a criminal case under part 3 of Article 30, part 3 of Article 222.1 (attempted purchase of explosives or explosive devices) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, she was taken into custody. Measures are being taken to further qualify illegal activities under Part 3 of Article 30, Part 2 of Article 205 (preparation for a terrorist act) and Article 275 (high treason) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.