The student and the migrant are suspected of preparing a terrorist act in Stavropol.

Law enforcement officers of a native from one of the Central Asian countries and a local college student. According to law enforcement, an employee of the Ukrainian special services offered them money to set fire to relay and battery cabinets in Stavropol.

Criminal cases regarding the attempted terrorist act in Stavropol have been initiated against a native from one of the Central Asian countries and a local college student, reported the press service of the FSB for the region.

"Employees of the FSB of Russia for the Stavropol Territory detained an unemployed native from one of the Central Asian countries, as well as a student of the regional college, involved in the attempt to commit a terrorist act on behalf of the Ukrainian special services, treason, and providing assistance to the enemy," the agency's message is quoted by Interfax.

According to the investigation, the suspects established contact with an employee of the Ukrainian special services through a foreign messenger, who offered them money to set fire to relay and battery cabinets in Stavropol.

Acting according to the received instructions, they attempted to commit arson in January of this year. The suspects were detained by FSB officers in Stavropol.

The criminal cases are classified under part 3 of article 30, paragraph "a" of part 2 of article 205 (attempt to commit a terrorist act), article 275 (treason), and article 276.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (providing assistance to the enemy in activities knowingly directed against the security of the Russian Federation).

Earlier, analysts interviewed by "Caucasian Knot" debated the regular reports of the FSB on prevented terrorist acts. The reports are due to the activity of terrorist supporters and the preventive measures of law enforcement, said journalist Vasily Balditsyn and scholar Alexey Gunya. The special services also pursue activists and critics of the law enforcement structures in the North Caucasus, countered Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Amir Kolov.

Materials with monthly, quarterly, and annual counts of casualties from the armed conflict in the regions of the North Caucasus are published in the section "North Caucasus – casualty statistics". Statistics for the year are also presented in the form of infographics.