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Anti-Kremlin Movement Claims Role In Deadly Fire At Russian FSB Compound


Smoke from fire caused by an explosion rises above a building belonging to the border patrol section of Russia's FSB federal security service in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on March 16.
Smoke from fire caused by an explosion rises above a building belonging to the border patrol section of Russia's FSB federal security service in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on March 16.

A Russian partisan group called Chyorny Most (Black Bridge) has claimed responsibility for a fire in the compound of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don near the Ukrainian border that killed at least four people and injured five others on March 16. The group said on Telegram on March 21 that it was "a co-author" of the incident by contributing to its preparations and implementation. It did not name any others involved. Black Bridge positions itself as a guerrilla movement fighting against President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's full-scale aggression against Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.

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