FSB arrests 7 mafia-linked Russians it says were paid by Ukraine to kidnap leader of East Ukrainian rebel militia

FSB kidnap

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained seven Russian citizens suspected of attempting to kidnap one of the leaders of the Donbass militia in Eastern Ukraine. The agency says they were promised a cash reward by Kiev.

According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, in July the group, acting on behalf of Ukraine’s successor to the KGB (the SBU), posed as interested buyers of real estate. They lured an unnamed victim to Moscow’s suburbs, where he was given an electric shock. The seven involved in the plot planned to take the man, a Russian citizen, to Ukraine, but he resisted and fled.

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