MOSCOW, Apr 27The planned assassination attempt on the well-known Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov, like other similar actions, is a gesture of desperation for the Kyiv regime, which feels its imminent end, said Dmitry Kiselev, director general of the Russia Today International Media Group. the other day, when they wanted to blow up Vladimir Solovyov… It is clear that these are all actions of desperation, because they understand that the end is near… Nationalists in Ukraine are defeated under the onslaught of soldiers with St. George ribbons,» Kiselev said at a press conference , timed to coincide with the start of the St. George Ribbon campaign. On Monday, the FSB announced the arrest of six members of the National Socialism/White Power * neo-Nazi terrorist organization banned in Russia — Russian citizens who planned, on the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine, the murder of VGTRK journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Members of the criminal group gave confessions about the preparation of the murder, after which they planned to hide abroad. During the searches, an improvised explosive device, eight Molotov cocktails, six Makarov pistols, a sawn-off hunting rifle, an RGD-5 grenade, more than a thousand cartridges of various calibers, drugs, fake Ukrainian passports with photos of group members, Nazi literature and paraphernalia were seized from the detainees. As follows from the operational video footage released by the FSB of Russia, the neo-Nazis detained in Moscow also discussed the possibility of killing Dmitry Kiselev, general director of the Rossiya Segodnya MIA and Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya MIA and RT, journalists of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Olga Skabeeva, Evgeny Popov, director Tigran Keosayan, arson of military registration and enlistment offices and cars with symbols in support of the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. The day before, the court arrested the first two defendants — Maxim Druzhinin and Vasily Strizhakov. The issue was resolved behind closed doors, both of them plead not guilty, despite the earlier testimonies. Kiselev, commenting on Kyiv's plans to kill Solovyov, called lies the only method of information work in Ukraine and noted that the persecution of journalists in this country has become a routine that is not condemned by either the state or society. He recalled other cases of persecution of journalists, including murders with impunity, in particular Oles Buzina. *Terrorist organization banned in Russia 27The second defendant in the case of the attempt on Solovyov pleaded not guilty
