Anonymous Bomb Threats Cause Evacuations Across Russia

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Don't know if this news item was already mentioned somewhere, but since the evening of September the 10th and until the evening of the 12th, there were a lot of bomb threats and evacuations going on in some of the large cities in Siberia and the Far East. There are all kind of theories, but also a lot of conflicting information. Some security sources say that it was a "spam attack", and that it originated from Ukraine. But in some cases it coincided with the existing security drills. Very strange. Some Russians also drew an obvious parallel between 9/11, and this "coincidence" does seem strange. :huh:

A series of anonymous bomb threats phoned in to authorities in cities across Russia have prompted evacuations at schools, shopping malls, theaters, and universities.

Local reports said the evacuations took place mainly in Siberia and the Far East since the evening of September 10.

Some regional media quoted local police as saying that the evacuations were linked to drills, but other reports quoted officials who said they were the result of anonymous bomb threats.

A spokeswoman of the Chelyabinsk regional police, Olga Shterk, said on September 12 that the Federal Security Service was involved in the investigation into what she called a "spam attack."

"The phone calls were made via the Internet and therefore it will be difficult to locate the site from where the calls were made,” Shterk said. “There are programs allowing to make phone calls from tablets, smartphones, and so on. The caller might have hidden his/her whereabouts using special software.”

Reports said security officials evacuated tens of thousands of people from dozens of buildings in Novy Urengoi, Omsk, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Kopeisk, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, and other cities.

Searches in the evacuated buildings have revealed no bombs or explosives in any of the cities.

The first evacuation reportedly took place at the mayor's office in Omsk after an unknown person called the authorities saying there was a bomb in the building.

In Perm, authorities canceled classes at schools across the city after anonymous callers phoned in bomb threats at the mayor's office, seven schools, and a train station.

The governor of Stavropol Krai, Vladimir Vladimirov, said that similar bomb threats triggered the evacuation of buildings in the regional capital, Stavropol, and suggested that the phone calls might have come from abroad.

Reports from the Siberian city of Surgut said armed men in military uniforms had been stopping vehicles to carry out searches.

There was no official announcement by security officials about the vehicle checks.
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There is a claim that the calls came from someone in Ukraine. These threating calls also come at the same time as the Russian Security Council announced in the media, that it has made "significant progress in the fight against terrorism inside the country."

A dozen schools, numerous shopping centers, several universities and other public places were evacuated in eight Russian cities after bomb threat calls allegedly originating in Ukraine.
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Public Places Evacuated in Some Russian Cities Over Anonymous Calls From Ukraine
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201709121057325445-evacuation-ukraine-bomb-calls/

Bomb threat calls suggesting explosive bombs planted at public gathering places in various Russian regions, including railway stations and shopping centers, are likely to have originated from the territory of Ukraine, a Russian security source told Sputnik Tuesday.

"There is operational information confirming that calls [about planted explosives] come from the territory of Ukraine," the source said.

Schools and universities, administrative buildings and shopping malls have been evacuated in a number of Russian cities after a series of anonymous calls about explosive devices planted in the buildings, local media reported on Tuesday.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, the evacuations took place in the cities of Vladivostok, Magadan, Omsk, Bryansk, Perm, Ryazan, Chelyabinsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Some of the calls were received late on Monday, the media added.

The list of evacuated buildings includes about a dozen schools, numerous shopping centers, several universities and stations, as well as cinemas, markets and all the Pension Fund’s offices in Omsk, the media added.


The Russian Security Council head has noted a significant progress in the fight against terrorism inside the country.
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Terrorism in Russia Nearly Defeated - Security Council Head
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201709121057319071-terrorism-russia-defeated/

Russia has almost defeated the terrorist threat, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said Tuesday.

"We should be proud of the fact that we have almost defeated this problem [terrorism] inside the country," Patrushev told journalists.

He added that no countries should dictate to others how to fight terrorism, and called for joint efforts in combating the global threat.

On the other hand - the bomb threats might be connected to this recent development?

According to a member of the European Parliament, the newly launched EU website aimed at responding to a so-called Kremlin "disinformation," just serves a pro-EU propaganda machine.
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European Lawmaker Criticizes EU Website on Alleged Kremlin 'Disinformation'
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201709121057331923-eu-website-disinformation-biased-journalism/

The new EU website created to respond to alleged fake news spread by the Russian media is a negative development and serves the purposes of EU propaganda, member of the European Parliament David Coburn told Sputnik Tuesday.

"It is a negative development [creation of the website] … This EU East Stratcom Task Force project is a pro-EU propaganda machine. The pot calls the kettle black: They are accusing Russia of intervening in the media and bringing biased journalism, and the EU now wants to tackle this problem with biased journalism. Pro-EU politicians always talk about so-called ‘fake news’ while they themselves are bringing fake news about the EU all the time," Coburn said.

Earlier in the day, the East Stratcom Task Force, created by the European External Action Service (EEAS), launched the euvsdisinfo.eu website aimed at tackling the "disinformation" spread by Russia.

In 2015, the European Union created the East StratCom Task Force to tackle "Russian disinformation." The task force consists of communication experts from EU institutions, which fund their activities for short-term projects.

In November 2016, the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution to counter the alleged Russian anti-EU propaganda and media. The resolution accuses the Kremlin of funding anti-EU political parties and movements inside the bloc.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the adoption of the resolution, stressed that it indicated an apparent degradation of the concept of democracy in Western societies.


The Foreign Policy Service of the European Union has opened a new website for information countering Russia within the framework of the campaign "EU Against Disinformation."
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EU, with the help of 250 million Washington dollars, opens anti-Russian propaganda site
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/eu-with-help-of-150-million-washington.html

The portal was created by the operational working group on strategic communications, created by the EU foreign policy service in March 2015. As stated on the site, it will provide, in particular, interactive statistics and content in English, Russian and German, TASS writes.

"Today we are launching our new website to provide you with a single source aimed at solving the problem of pro-Kremlin misinformation," the service noted.

We recall that the law on tightening anti-Russian sanctions, which was signed by US President Donald Trump in August, provided $ 250 million for the creation and operation of a "Fund for Countering Russian Influence" that will provide assistance to NATO member states or the EU that are "subjected to influence from the Russian Federation".
 
angelburst29 said:
There is a claim that the calls came from someone in Ukraine. These threating calls also come at the same time as the Russian Security Council announced in the media, that it has made "significant progress in the fight against terrorism inside the country."
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If the calls came from Ukraine, someone in NATO might be involved? NATO has basically taken over Ukraine and they are conducting Drills, at the same time, as Russia. The bomb threats might be a diversion to create extra chaos inside Russia?

The U.K's Kremlin 'Disinformation' website, basically serves NATO's needs. In the U.S. authorities are asking RT to register under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act.

Trump is going to pay a heavy price - for letting the Pentagon "run the show" and Foreign Policy?

A contractor of the Russian RT broadcaster in the United States received a letter from the US authorities to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) over its work for the broadcaster, the RT press service told RIA Novosti on Monday.
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RT America Contractor Ordered to Register as a Foreign Agent in US
https://sputniknews.com/us/201709111057288973-rt-america-contractor-doj-foreign-agent/

The letter was received by the company against the background of discussions on a bill submitted to the House of Representatives of the US Congress to amend requirements for registration of foreign agents under the FARA. The project involves the allocation of additional powers to the US Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, to identify and prosecute organizations that "illegally" try to influence the political processes in the United States.

The company that supplies all services for RT America channel, including TV production and operations, in the US, has received a letter from the US Department of Justice, claiming that the company is obligated to register under FARA due to the work it does for RT," the press service said.

"The war of the US establishment against our journalists is devoted to all those starry-eyed who still believe in the freedom of speech. It was killed by those who have invented it," RT and Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said commenting on the issue.

The news comes after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) questioned former Sputnik employee Andrew Feinberg as part of the investigation of reports that the agency allegedly acted as a Russian propaganda agency in violation of the US Foreign Agents Act (FARA). Commenting on the news, Sputnik and RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said that "freedom of speech is turning in its grave."

The bill was submitted in June to the House of Representatives of the US Congress to amend requirements for registration of foreign agents under the FARA. The project involves the allocation of additional powers to the US Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, to identify and prosecute organizations that "illegally" try to influence the political processes in the United States.
 
angelburst29 said:
If the calls came from Ukraine, someone in NATO might be involved? NATO has basically taken over Ukraine and they are conducting Drills, at the same time, as Russia. The bomb threats might be a diversion to create extra chaos inside Russia?
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Well, that's the thing, that there is a lot of conflicting information. Most likely that it doesn't originate from Ukraine, despite what the "Russian security source" said. What confuses the issue that there are cities where such evacuations are part of officially organized drills. In some cities security sources say that the calls originate from abroad, and in others that it is also a pre-planned activity. In any case, FSB doesn't provide any official statements. Some say that it is due to the fact that false calls like this are punishable in Russia.

By the way, the calls and evacuations continue also today, so many suspect that it is all part of the preparation drills. Other theory has to do with "terrorists" testing response time and "overloading the system". What is also telling that federal media doesn't talk about it much, if at all. Something is going on, that's for sure. ;)
 
Keit said:
angelburst29 said:
If the calls came from Ukraine, someone in NATO might be involved? NATO has basically taken over Ukraine and they are conducting Drills, at the same time, as Russia. The bomb threats might be a diversion to create extra chaos inside Russia?
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Well, that's the thing, that there is a lot of conflicting information. Most likely that it doesn't originate from Ukraine, despite what the "Russian security source" said. What confuses the issue that there are cities where such evacuations are part of officially organized drills. In some cities security sources say that the calls originate from abroad, and in others that it is also a pre-planned activity. In any case, FSB doesn't provide any official statements. Some say that it is due to the fact that false calls like this are punishable in Russia.

By the way, the calls and evacuations continue also today, so many suspect that it is all part of the preparation drills. Other theory has to do with "terrorists" testing response time and "overloading the system". What is also telling that federal media doesn't talk about it much, if at all. Something is going on, that's for sure. ;)
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Giving the situation more thought, you might be closer to the truth Keit - that the evacuations might be "part of preparation drills" for security reasons?

The conflicting information and rumors that Ukraine might be involve, might be a round-about-way of suggesting - that the Kremlin and security forces are aware of something going on in Ukraine - other than the NATO's drills, close to it's borders? Events in Ukraine, in the past few days give me the impression, another Coup might be in progress to oust President Petro Poroshenko? In the last three months, there have been isolated reports of wanting to impeach Poroshenko (via Sputnik and Fort Russ news outlets.)

About a month ago, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was visiting the United States when Poroshenko announced that he stripped Saakashvill of Ukrainian citizenship and banned him from stepping foot in Ukraine. No details were given in media reports, where or why Saakashvill was in the U.S.?
Saakashvill declared, he would fight the ban and re-enter Ukraine but ended up in Poland. On September 10th, Saakashvill was on a train in Poland when it was stopped before the border, so he got on a bus "with supporters" who helped him breech the checkpoint at Shehyni. It's stated in one report that his supporters included "more than two dozen Ukrainian lawmakers and politicians, including former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko".

What I find interesting, Saakashvill wanted to cross the border and then, head to the Ukrainian city of Lviv. Lviv is the location of the Ukrainian-American military exercises "Rapid Trident-2017"?

Saakashvili Enters Ukraine as Supporters break though Border September‎ ‎10‎, ‎2017‎
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-10/ukraine-seeks-to-prevent-saakashvili-s-entry-by-blocking-train

Ex-Georgian president is heading to Ukrainian city of Lviv

Saakashvili was trying to get to Ukraine since morning

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose Ukrainian citizenship and passport was revoked after his relations with the country’s president fell apart, entered Ukraine after his supporters broke through a cordon of border servicemen.

The former Georgian official announced plans last month to enter Ukraine from Poland with “thousands” of supporters, saying his passport is still valid. More than two dozen Ukrainian lawmakers and politicians, including former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, traveled to Poland this weekend to join him.

Saakashvili initially planned to cross the border via a checkpoint at Krakovets, and his supporters set up a camp nearby Saturday. However, after local police detained more than 100 people in camouflage clothing who were carrying pepper spray, a starter pistol and “metal stuff” as they approached the checkpoint, Saakashvili announced he would change his plan and instead take a train from Polish city of Przemysl to avoid provocations.

Ukraine’s state-run railway monopoly Ukrzaliznytsia halted the train after “a person who doesn’t have legal rights to enter Ukraine refused to leave,” according to an emailed statement.

When that plan failed, Saakashvili announced he would cross the border at Shehyni checkpoint on a bus. While Polish border guards let him in, their Ukrainian counterparts blocked him on neutral territory, saying they were alerted that the checkpoint was under a bomb threat. After waiting for almost two hours, Saakashvili and his supporters left the bus, broke the cordon and the ex-president entered Ukraine on foot.
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Ukrainian-American military exercises "Rapid Trident-2017" begin in Lviv September 11 , 2017
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/ukrainian-american-military-exercises.html

The Ukrainian-American exercises named Rapid Trident-2017 begin September 11 in the Lviv region of Ukraine. They will last until September 23.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also claims that the Rapid Trident-2017 was not developed in response to the Russian-Belarusian exercise "West-2017", which will be held on September 14-20.
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As Russia prepares for war games in the Baltics, Ukraine is to host military drills with NATO, US forces September 12, 2017
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/as-russia-prepares-for-war-games-in.html

As Russia prepares for its military drills in the Balkans, Ukraine is holding joint war games with the US and 15 NATO members, which will involve an "unprecedented" number of troops.

The annual Rapid Trident military drills will continue until September 23 near the Polish border at the western city of Yavoriv.
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Timoshenko lands on the "Mirotvorets" hitlist, with Saakashvili September 11, 2017
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/timoshenko-lands-on-mirotvorets-hitlist.html

Yulia Timoshenko, leader of the Ukrainian party "Fatherland," has followed Saakashvili into the database of the terrorist site "Peacemaker." The reason given for posting her on the "cleanser" site was an illegal crossing of the state border along with supporters of Saakashvili.

Yesterday Saakashvili, former president of Georgia and former governor of the Odessa region, was introduced into the "Peacekeeper" database.
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Political party to begin campaign to have Ukrainian President Poroshenko impeached September 13, 2017
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/political-party-to-begin-campaign-to.html

Ukrainian party For Life leader Yevgeny Murayev revealed on Tuesday that his party has begun a campaign to force the impeachment of President Pyotr Poroshenko as he had created a deep crisis in Ukraine.

"Option number one is for Poroshenko to dissolve parliament because of the absence of a ruling majority," Murayev said. "We all know the Rada does not have [the needed majority of] 226 deputies at present."

"Option number two is the parliament won’t have 300 deputies if 123 incumbent deputies resign," he noted. "We’ve launched the gathering of signatures."
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Saakashvili vs. Poroshenko: a new political stand off has begun in Ukraine September 13 , 2017
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/saakashvili-vs-poroshenko-new-political.html

On the evening of September 10, supporters of the ex-president of Georgia and ex-governor of the Odessa region, Mikhail Saakashvili, from the battalion ‘Donbass’ (commander - Semen Semenchenko) broke through the cordons of the authorities on the Polish-Ukrainian border and helped the politician enter the territory of Ukraine. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, and personal foe of Saakashvili, he personally gave the police orders not to open fire.

It seems it has repeated - in the reduced and caricature version – that which was happening at the EuroMaidan. Police and frontier guards were helplessly watching the triumph of the crowd, which could be dispersed by several shots over thire heads. Post-maidan power (as before it, the regime of V. Yanukovych) openly folds before the "radicals" (as paramilitary Nazi formations are called in Ukraine).

A dangerous precedent was laid at the beginning of the year, when the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Guard were afraid to touch the militants of the battalion ‘Donbass’ and other Nazi formations that organized the blockade of Donbass. Then Poroshenko found a way out of the situation: unable to abolish the movement, he headed it. The blockade of Donbass became the state policy of Ukraine. But in the situation with Saakashvili, this method, which Poroshenko often resorts to, will not work. Saakashvili is the personal enemy not only of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs A. Avakov, but for some time also personally President Poroshenko. But even without personal enmity, Saakashvili became the center of gravity of the anti-Poroshenko forces. The logic of the struggle makes him a deadly enemy of Poroshenko.

The next day Saakashvili visited Lviv and dined with the Lviv mayor Andrei Sadov, the head of the party "Self-help". This is a very interesting party project, which advocates Western Ukrainian autonomy and separatism (the idea of ​​recreating the Western Ukrainian People's Republic or the creation of a Western Ukrainian confederation under the rule of the Austrian Habsburgs has never died in Lviv and Chernivtsi).

Despite the violation of Ukrainian legislation by the former governor of Odessa, the Interior Ministry and the Security Service did not take any actions to detain him. Central power in Ukraine demonstrates dangerous indecision - and this is a deadly mistake for any regime, whose support is undermined. But it seems that Saakashvili himself also does not know what to do next. Supporters of Saakashvili, who once organized the "Rose Revolution" in Tbilisi, are trivially trampled in Lviv, and their leader does not hurry to urge all opposition forces to unite. Perhaps, however, that there is backstage preparatory work. If Saakashvili does not miss a favorable situation and dies not behave dangerously, this inaction time will work for him.

Firstly, he has patrons and supporters in the Western policy. They very negatively perceived the deprivation of Saakashvili Ukrainian citizenship by order of President Poroshenko. The Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland was even summoned to the Foreign Ministry to give explanations.

Secondly, and this is the main thing, security forces do not hurry to use force. There are several reasons: the unwillingness to be on the dock after the victory of the next Maidan (everyone remembers the fate of the former employees of the Berkut), and the fear of unleashing a real civil war. For the "brothers in arms" of the ‘Donbass’ in the event of conflict, fighters of other "national bats" (Nazi battalions) enter the picture - a reason that prevented Avakov and Poroshenko from using force against the organizers of the Donbass blockade this winter.

Thirdly, his example showed that Poroshenko does not control (or does not fully control - which is the same thing), not only the structures of power, but also regional authorities. In this case, the city and regional authorities of Lviv and Lviv region. It is no accident that many serious political scientists, like politicians, have outlined the paralysis of the Ukrainian state. Even Minister Avakov denied Ukraine the right to be called a state, calling it a crowd, using the territory ineptly. A very good and fair comparison, if you do not take into account that what has been said above applies primarily to Avakov himself, who did not allow authorities to stop Saakashvili and his supporters on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

On September 12, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced that the ex-president of Georgia and the ex-governor of the Odessa region, Mikhail Saakashvili, is on the territory of Ukraine illegally, but there are not enough grounds for his detention. This, in my opinion, is the height of the confusion of political power. Or a game of giveaway.

<snip> Back in late December last year, we wrote about a conspiracy against Poroshenko, compiled by several oligarchs and regional leaders. The information about the meeting of several influential people leaked out, including the disgraced oligarch Dmitry Firtash, with the aim of overthrowing Poroshenko. The main speaker of the conspiracy was the ex-governor of Transcarpathian region Rusyn Viktor Baloga (now - deputy of the Verkhovna Rada and the shadow king of Transcarpathia). He did not hide himself, promising to arrange impeachment in the Verkhovna Rada for President Poroshenko. This scandalous interview was published on the site of the party "United Center" (leader - V. Baloga). There was no reaction. The authorities were afraid to touch a super-powerful politician (a politician in the Ukrainian sense of the word, where it’s more a head of a criminal group than a politician).

When covering the breakthrough of Saakashvili on to the territory of Ukraine, some observers drew attention to the excellent organization and good financial support for this action, carried out in the best traditions of Euro-Maidan. Saakashvili, I repeat, was one of the organizers of the Rose Revolution in Georgia, and took an active part in the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. He and his people are familiar with the technology of organizing revolutionary performances. Activists of the Georgian organization "Kmara!" Taught Ukrainian like-minded people to carry out the first "color revolution" in the autumn of 2004. In Ukraine today, they openly say that these events were made possible with the money of the disgraced oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. Probably so. But I would not simplify the picture so much. I believe that Saakashvili and his numerous political supporters are supported by a complex conglomerate of financial and political forces, among whom Kolomoisky is the first among equals. Against Poroshenko (which I wrote in the cited material in December last year), a situational alliance of several oligarchs and regional leaders has taken shape - what makes his position really dangerous.
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Putin taking measures to protect Donbass. Russian authorities also suspect "a civil war in Ukraine" is brewing.

UN in Donbass: Putin's aikido move against Poroshenko September 12 , 2017
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/un-in-donbass-putins-aikido-move.html

"The statement made by Vladimir Putin in China last week, in relation to the possibility of bringing UN peacekeepers to the front line in the Donbass, is a strong move by the Russian president. Moscow has put forward conditions that simply cannot be fulfilled by the nationalist regime of Petro Poroshenko." - writes Russian political analyst Alexei Chesnakov.

"Putin made a strong move. The introduction of the UN peacekeeping forces with the requirement to disarm and coordinate with the Donbass republics, the Russian president showed that Russia not only consistently insists on a peaceful settlement, but also offers specific mechanisms for this. If the Ukrainian side does not go on a direct dialogue with the republics of Donbass, it will show its disinterest to the world," said Chesnakov.

The unusual move by Putin was also noted by Ukrainian political scientist, Ruslan Bortnik. "The introduction of UN peacekeepers to the Donbass on Putin's initiative to protect the OSCE mission, only confirms that the Russian thesis about the civil war in Ukraine is correct, or it will be the first precedent in world history for the introduction of peacekeepers to reconcile "terrorists" and the authorities. In principle, we are dealing with a new example of Russian "political aikido", - the Ukrainian expert argues.
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Also, this report today:

The Ukraine Junta Planning Terrorist Acts And Provocations With Russian Uniforms On The Front Lines, Warning And Alert To All Citizens Of Donetsk And Lugansk Republics ! (VIDEO)
http://nrt24.ru/en/news/ukraine-junta-planning-terrorist-acts-and-provocations-russian-uniforms-front-lines-warning-and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5MI7ykYoRs (2:37 min.)

We have recieved information that the the special operations forces of the Nazi Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun to receive Russian uniforms to carry out terrorist acts and provocations near the contact line in the Donetsk And Coming From Units In The Mariupol directions. According to the plan of the Ukrainian Junta command, the provocations and crimes by the Ukraine Junta Forces in Russian uniforms on the territory of the Republics and in the so-called 'ATO' zone should be investigated and documented by the OSCE representatives, for subsequent accusations of the Russian Armed Forces being in Donbass and with false crimes which instead will be committed by the Poroshenko Regime !
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From Sputnik today:

https://sputniknews.com/russia/201709191057509255-russia-bomb-threat-calls/

According to a source in the Russian emergency services, over 19,000 people across Russia were evacuated following anonymous bomb threats.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Over 19,000 people across Russia were evacuated following anonymous bomb threat callsthat were made on Monday, a source in the Russian emergency services told Sputnik on Tuesday.

The agency's interlocutor also mentioned that in Moscow, a number of local council buildings, shopping malls, night clubs and restaurants were evacuated after the anonymous calls were received.
More then 200,000 people were evacuated in various cities across Russia over the past week because of numerous anonymous phone calls claiming that explosive devices were planted in schools, universities, stations, shopping malls and administrative buildings, a source in the emergency services told Sputnik.

"The total number of those evacuated across Russia since the past Tuesday exceeded 200,000 people. According to preliminary data, bombs ‘were planted’ in almost 700 buildings," the source said.

A series of anonymous calls claiming that bombs were allegedly planted in buildings have been made across Russia over the last week. On Thursday, a law enforcement source told Sputnik that the calls were made from abroad by persons associated with the Daesh terrorist group (ISIS).

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the situation, adding that all the necessary measures were being taken in order to find the perpetrators of the "telephone terrorism."
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Today Novosibirsk had a serious wave of anonymous bomb threats. Many schools, offices and business centers were evacuated, including the Tolmachovo airport. Main roads and metro stations were closed. It seems like the circus continues, and it is clear now that it isn't being organized by the FSB or other Russian authorities.

I wonder if any of this is being reported in the West? Because it could be a perfect opportunity for them to say again that this is how Russia is paying for its "crimes" in Syria. Instead, it looks like it is being mostly talked about "internally", and even then - the officials, the FSB are all hush hush and don't give out any official statements. There are only all kind of speculations that were mentioned on this thread before. Just what the heck is going on? :huh: Any ideas? Obviously it is an attempt to "test waters", or maybe to rattle, but it would be very interesting to find a source that can actually provide concrete information.
 
Keit said:
Today Novosibirsk had a serious wave of anonymous bomb threats. Many schools, offices and business centers were evacuated, including the Tolmachovo airport. Main roads and metro stations were closed. It seems like the circus continues, and it is clear now that it isn't being organized by the FSB or other Russian authorities.

I wonder if any of this is being reported in the West? Because it could be a perfect opportunity for them to say again that this is how Russia is paying for its "crimes" in Syria. Instead, it looks like it is being mostly talked about "internally", and even then - the officials, the FSB are all hush hush and don't give out any official statements. There are only all kind of speculations that were mentioned on this thread before. Just what the heck is going on? :huh: Any ideas? Obviously it is an attempt to "test waters", or maybe to rattle, but it would be very interesting to find a source that can actually provide concrete information.
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Please don't mis-iterpret me, can Russia be responsible for some false flags like bomb phones that they had lately? To emphatise of their war against Daesh?
 
loreta said:
Keit said:
Today Novosibirsk had a serious wave of anonymous bomb threats. Many schools, offices and business centers were evacuated, including the Tolmachovo airport. Main roads and metro stations were closed. It seems like the circus continues, and it is clear now that it isn't being organized by the FSB or other Russian authorities.

I wonder if any of this is being reported in the West? Because it could be a perfect opportunity for them to say again that this is how Russia is paying for its "crimes" in Syria. Instead, it looks like it is being mostly talked about "internally", and even then - the officials, the FSB are all hush hush and don't give out any official statements. There are only all kind of speculations that were mentioned on this thread before. Just what the heck is going on? :huh: Any ideas? Obviously it is an attempt to "test waters", or maybe to rattle, but it would be very interesting to find a source that can actually provide concrete information.
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Please don't mis-iterpret me, can Russia be responsible for some false flags like bomb phones that they had lately? To emphatise of their war against Daesh?
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It’s a valid question but I don’t think it to be the case. Russia has enough information coming out of Syria to emphasize their need to fight daesh. Besides, I’m not sure it has been an unpopular undertaking with the people of Russia.

Syria is about 90% liberated from daesh, we know who’s in charge of them and we know that they’re certainly not happy about the outcome of the conflict in Syria. I’d say that perhaps this is a response to their victory on the ground.

There are several capable intelligence angencies involved that could pull such a move. We know that the changing balance of powers do not benefit Israel, Saudi Arabia and their western overlords. I’d say their hands are somewhere deep in this.

We also know that Russia is to undertake the most popular sporting event in the world next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if both the World Cup and these bomb threats were somehow connected. I also found it rather interesting that it all started around 9/11. A subtle not so subtle clue perhaps?
 
Keit said:
angelburst29 said:
If the calls came from Ukraine, someone in NATO might be involved? NATO has basically taken over Ukraine and they are conducting Drills, at the same time, as Russia. The bomb threats might be a diversion to create extra chaos inside Russia?
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Well, that's the thing, that there is a lot of conflicting information. Most likely that it doesn't originate from Ukraine, despite what the "Russian security source" said. What confuses the issue that there are cities where such evacuations are part of officially organized drills. In some cities security sources say that the calls originate from abroad, and in others that it is also a pre-planned activity. In any case, In any case, FSB doesn't provide any official statements. Some say that it is due to the fact that false calls like this are punishable in Russia.

By the way, the calls and evacuations continue also today, so many suspect that it is all part of the preparation drills. Other theory has to do with "terrorists" testing response time and "overloading the system". What is also telling that federal media doesn't talk about it much, if at all. Something is going on, that's for sure. ;)
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I have not come across any information on the evacuations, other than what you mentioned - as pre-plan drills in some areas. But in the last 4 months or so, there have been isolated reports of FSB discovering activities of a terrorist cell inside Russia. Today, there was another report. I wonder if some of the evacuations have to do with searching for these activities and possible tunnels, which the terrorist are known to dig to keep supplies?

The terrorist cell plotted explosions in crowded places and at infrastructure facilities.
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201710021057862476-russia-fsb-daesh-cell-foreign/

“As a result of a search operation carried out on September 30, 2017, the Russian Federal Security Service stopped the activities of an extremely undercover cell of international terrorist group Daesh,” the FSB's statement read.

According to the statement, the cell, comprising Russian nationals from the North Caucasus region, was controlled by foreign emissaries. All members of the cell were detained, while two powerful improvised explosive devices, guns and grenades were confiscated.

“The members of the cell were planning to commit high-profile terrorist attacks in September 2017 in crowded places and transport infrastructure objects,” the statement read.

In August, the FSB head said threat from Daesh remained in Russia.

"The threat associated with the aspirations of international terrorist organizations, especially Daesh, as well as the gangs operating in the territory of the North Caucasus region, remains," Alexander Bortnikov said.


Then there were these two recent reports from Syria where field commanders and citizens of the former Soviet Union republics were among the casualties. The recruits may be stationed in Russia?
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Over 2,300 ISIL, Al-Nusra Front Terrorists Killed in Russian Airstrikes in Syria in 11 Days
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960709000160

"A sum of 2,359 terrorists of the ISIL and Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) have been killed and over 2,700 others have been wounded in the Russian airstrikes across Syrian from September 19 to September 29," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

It noted that 16 field commanders and over 400 citizens of former Soviet Union republics are among the casualties.


Syrian Army Discovers Terrorists' Tunnel Network in Deir Ezzur
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960709000425

The discovery of the network of tunnels came after the Syrian army captured the fortified area near Deir Ezzur that was struck by Russian cruise missiles, which Moscow says killed over 200 terrorists.

As the Syrian troops were clearing out the area, they discovered a massive network of underground tunnels used by terrorists to stock weapons, ammunition and as living quarters.

Troves of weapons, explosives and damaged armored vehicles were found on the site where the terrorists had holed up.

Large caches of weapons, as well as considerable food and medicine supplies left by the fleeing terrorists, indicate that they were preparing for a long-term defense of their positions, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

During the raid, the Syrian forces found evidence that the militants holing up in the area had come from Russia and former Soviet republics, the ministry said, adding that the data confirms its own previous intelligence that drew on various sources.


And now - this is being reported ...

A Russian border guard has been killed in a shootout that started when two unidentified armed persons tried to enter Ukraine from the Russian side of the border, Russia's Security Service said on Monday.
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Russian Border Guard Killed in Shootout With Two People Trying to Enter Ukraine
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201710021057870929-russia-ukraine-border-shootout/

According to the FSB, two people tried to enter Ukraine from Russia in the area near the village of Tetkino in the Kursk region, bypassing the check point. When approached by border guards, the intruders refused to show their IDs and resisted with force.

"On September 30, two unknown assailants who tried to illegally enter Ukraine from Russian territory outside the border checkpoint… offered armed resistance to the officers of the FSB border department in the Kursk region when their documents were being checked," the statement said.

During the shootout, one of the attackers killed himself while the other was detained. One of the border guards was killed, having received "fatal gunshot wounds," it said.

The Russian Investigative Committee said that a criminal case was launched against the detained attacker.

The attackers were reportedly extremists from the Middle East who tried to enter Europe via Ukraine.


In Ukraine, there is a problem developing with Saakashvili announcing he's going to "Kiev on October 17 to remove the bandit leadership".
A possible Coup against Poroshenko?

Saakashvili in Odessa promises to go to Kiev and clean house
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/09/saakashvili-in-odessa-promises-to-go-to.html

In Odessa, an open meeting of Saakashvili's "New Forces Movement" has concluded. In his speech, the politician proposed to go to Kiev on October 17 to remove the bandit leadership.
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I guess, there really was something behind the anonymous phone threats?

False bomb threats in Russia that have prompted mass evacuations across the country were made by four nationals who were operating from abroad, Alexander Bortnikov, director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), told reporters on Thursday.

Four Russian Nationals Abroad Suspected of False Phone Bomb Threats in Russia
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201710051057986618-russians-suspected-phone-bomb-threats/

Bortnikov said that four people in charge of the false bomb threats are Russians who are currently abroad, and they have "accomplices who are on the territory of the country."

According to the FSB chief, damages incurred by false bomb threats so far amount to over 300 million rubles (some $5.2 million).

A wave of "phone terrorism" has been disrupting life in Russia since September 11 and continues to this day. Neither of the claims had been confirmed after the law enforcement had examined the buildings. On Thursday, a law enforcement source told Sputnik that the calls had been made from abroad by persons associated with the Daesh.

According to a Sputnik source in Russia's emergency services, nearly 800,000 people were evacuated in 120 Russian cities through this period as over 1,900 buildings were allegedly "mined," but in no case, the threat of explosions had been confirmed.


Anonymous calls have prompted a wave of evacuations in public places in many Russian cities, including Moscow, this week over alleged bomb threats. A law enforcement source has told Sputnik about the possible origin of the calls.
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Bomb Threat Calls in Russia Came From Persons Abroad Linked to Daesh - Source
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201709141057386811-bomb-threats-russia-anonymous-calls/

Bomb threat calls in Russia were initiated from abroad by persons linked with Daesh terrorist group (Islamic state, ISIS, banned in Russia), a law enforcement source told Sputnik on Thursday.

"Law enforcement agencies promptly carried out operations to ensure the security of citizens. Inspections of facilities did not expose terror threats. According to data obtained as a result of search and investigative activities, anonymous calls were initiated by persons abroad who are linked with the Islamic State [Daesh] terrorist group, which is banned in Russia," the source said.

Russian law enforcement agencies have already identified a number of people who made bomb threat calls across the country, adding that they would be put on an international wanted list after the necessary procedures are completed.

Later in the day, the Kremlin commented on the incidents it called "telephone terrorism," saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed about the situation.

"Undoubtedly, it is a telephone terrorism, a telephone hooliganism. Of course, the president has been informed as soon as this series of phone calls began. The relevant authorities are taking all the necessary measures in order to identify those responsible for this series of calls. We are waiting for the results of this work," Peskov told reporters.

Over the past three days, a series of such calls were registered in 22 Russian cities, with over 45,000 people being evacuated from a total of 205 locations. Not a single case of an explosive device planted in any of the buildings has yet been confirmed. A source earlier told Sputnik that the calls allegedly came from Ukraine.

Asked to comment on whether the phone calls were linked to the Ukrainian Security Service or carried out by direct order of Russian authorities to test the country's security systems, both of which are theories that have been brought up recently, Peskov pointed out that there was no point in discussing such allegations.

"There is absolutely no point in commenting on these allegations. I repeat once again that it is a telephone terrorism, this is the way it should be classified, and all the measures to identify those responsible are based on this. Other interpretations are hardly possible, we should just wait for the results of the concrete measures that are taken," the spokesman said.

A total of 23 buildings, including shopping malls, and three railway stations, as well as two universities were evacuated in Moscow on Wednesday after anonymous calls about explosive devices allegedly planted in the buildings. Security checks are underway in over 190 buildings in 17 Russian cities, including Moscow, a source told Sputnik earlier.
 
A wave of anonymous calls over bomb threats in education facilities, shopping centers and administrative buildings has led to a mass evacuation in Moscow on Friday.

Over 100,000 People Evacuated in Moscow Over False Bomb Explosion Warnings
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201710071058039998-people-evacuated-moscow-bomb-warnings/

More than 100,000 people were evacuated in the Russian capital over false warnings of explosive devices.

The warnings had not been confirmed, but the police had to evacuate Moscow residents due to security reasons.

More than 130 reports of explosion threats have been received from law enforcement agencies since the beginning of the day, about 100,000 people have been evacuated from all buildings," a source said on condition of anonymity.

Among the places that became subjects to evacuation were the Kursk, Riga and Kiev railway stations, Zhukovsky airport, several Moscow schools and a number of government buildings.

Earlier, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, said that the law-enforcement agency had identified the individuals responsible for the phone calls. According to reports, they turned out to be four Russian citizens residing abroad.
 
Russian FSB agents and police officers detained four members of an underground cell with links to the ISIL terrorist group who were plotting acts of terror in the Russian North Caucasus region of Dagestan, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee’s (NAC) press office said.

Members of ISIL Cell Detained in Moscow, Makhachkala for Plotting Terrorist Attacks
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960723000550

"As a result of a series of search operations by the security services and the Russian Interior Ministry, activity of followers of the ISIL international terrorist organization outlawed in the Russian Federation has been exposed and stopped," the committee said, TASS reported.

"On September 13-14, four members of the so-called sleeping cell were detained. They all come from Dagestan."

According to the NAC, the detainees are giving detailed evidence, telling investigators about their contacts with ISIL emissaries and about preparations for terrorist attacks with self-made explosive devices and bladed weapons in Dagestan.

The attacks were planned to be carried out "in mass gatherings during major public events." Besides, they plotted to kill law enforcers and soldiers.


According to a statement issued by Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee, Russia's Federal Security Service has detained four people linked to Daesh, who are suspected of planning terrorist attacks in crowded places.
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Russian FSB, Police Detain Daesh Supporters Preparing Terrorist Attacks
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201710141058240386-fsb-russia-daesh-supporters/

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in cooperation with the Interior Ministry have detained four Daesh supporters planning attacks in the Republic of Dagestan, press service of Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) said in a Saturday statement.

"The security service along with the Russian Interior Ministry has uncovered and stopped the activities of the IS [Islamic State, ISIS, Daesh, banned in Russia]… On October 13 and October 14, four members of the so-called sleeping cell of this criminal organization have been detained in Moscow and Makhachkala [capital city of the Republic of Dagestan]," the statement said.

According to the statement, the detained people are giving testimony about their contacts with Daesh recruiters, as well as about their preparation of terrorist attacks with the use of home-made bombs in crowded places of the Republic of Dagestan.

The NAC added that the law enforcement agencies had found two caches with three explosive devices in them.
 
These are many bomb threats in a short time. Also 183 branches of a commercial bank were closed some days back (in German language). According to article these are Russian callers who do live in foreign countries and call via the internet.
 
Gawan said:
These are many bomb threats in a short time. Also 183 branches of a commercial bank were closed some days back (in German language). According to article these are Russian callers who do live in foreign countries and call via the internet.
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Yeah, and despite several arrests the calls continue. This is really perplexing, particularly the scope and the reason behind all this. It's like it is another example of the recent chaos.
 
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