The FSB suspects a native of Melitopol of trying to poison the pilots

Egor Semenov, a native of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, was arrested in Armavir in the Krasnodar region for 15 days under an administrative charge of petty hooliganism. Russian mass media and Telegram channels, citing sources in the security forces, call him a suspect in the attempted poisoning of graduates of the Armavir Higher Military School of Pilots, which is reportedly being investigated by the FSB. It was not officially announced.

Earlier, a number of Russian military bloggers came out with the statement that on October 21 in Armavir, the participants of the meeting of pilots who graduated from the school almost became victims of poisoning. A bottle of whiskey and a cake were brought to their banquet. The pilots thought the treat was suspicious, and they reported it to the FSB. Allegedly, it turned out that the cake and temples were poisoned (with what poison – it is not reported). The courier who delivered the treat was, as it is said, Yegor Semenov.

As “Kommersant” writes, the investigation is now checking him for involvement in the attempt. Telegram channel “Baza” previously wrote that he was detained in Stavropol when he tried to fly to Moscow. At the same time, he was sent under arrest under the article of petty hooliganism – according to the United Press Service of the Courts of the Krasnodar Territory, “citizen Semenov, being on the street, expressed obscenities, waved his hands, did not react to remarks.” Sources of the publication claim that after serving the sentence, Semenov can be arrested on a criminal charge of attempted terrorist attack. Officially, neither the initiation of such a case nor the suspects in it were reported.

Russian bloggers, citing unnamed sources in law enforcement agencies, claim that the attempt was allegedly organized by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine. They indicate that Semyonov is a native of Melitopol (the city is located in the now Russian-occupied part of the Zaporozhye region). “Kommersant” notes that the graduates and former teachers of the Armavir school interviewed by the publication do not comment on the report about the incident. He was not commented on in Kyiv either.

• The day before, The Washington Post newspaper, in a long article about SBU operations in Russia, claimed that this special service, in particular, organized an explosion in the suburbs of Moscow, as a result of which Daria Dugina died. The Russian investigation also links the murder of blogger Vladlen Tatarsky with the Ukrainian special services. There were no previous reports about the alleged use of poisonous substances by the SBU to assassinate Russian soldiers.