Terror attack targeting Russia’s Victory Day parade foiled
Around a million people marched through central Moscow on Wednesday.
Russian intelligence foiled a terror attack on this week’s massive Victory Day memorial march in Moscow, a top Russian diplomat has said.
Around a million people marched through central Moscow on Wednesday in the annual Immortal Regiment rally, carrying pictures of family members killed during the Second World War.
President Vladimir Putin and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined the march on May 9, the day when Russia marks the end of the war.
The announcement came as Russia prepares to host the World Cup next month.
Russia’s top intelligence agency last month reported the arrests of men suspected to have links to the Islamic State group in Siberia and the Moscow region.
Oil and gas-rich western Siberia has for decades attracted workers from all over Russia, including the predominantly Muslim North Caucasus.
Russia has been providing air cover for Syrian President Bashar Assad since 2015, while thousands of its own citizens went to Syria to join IS in fighting against Assad’s government.
