“An assassination attempt was made on the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergey Shoigu — the official was planned to be killed at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery”, - russian media reported on November 18.
It is specified that the assassination was planned several days ago, when Shoigu was visiting his deceased relatives. Three days ago, the FSB officially reported on the foiled assassination attempt being prepared. At that time, the agency did not reveal the name of “one of the highest officials of russia” who was the intended target.
The outlet Kommersant writes that three people were detained: two russian citizens “previously convicted and drug-dependent”, and an “illegal migrant” from one of the Central Asian countries.
There was no avoiding the “Ukrainian trace”. Russian media claim that “Jaloliddin Shamsov, who lives in Kyiv and is wanted by Russian law enforcement for illegal arms trafficking and murder, took part in preparing the killing”. And “during the investigation, security forces seized communication devices — correspondence between the detainees and an employee of the Ukrainian special services was found in the smartphone”.