SIMFEROPOL, April 4. /TASS/. FSB employees detained a supporter of Ukrainian neo-Nazis involved in the illicit possession of explosive devices and substances, the press service of the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol told journalists on Monday.
"It was established that a resident of Alushta of the Republic of Crimea, born in 1982, was keeping a home-made explosive device with a charge of an explosive substance surpassing 500 grams at his place of residence. The detainee also possessed a handgun, TNT, gunpowder, as well as other items related to unlawful activity," the statement said.
It is specified that "additionally, computing tools and mobile communication devices were confiscated where video materials with radical content, photographs depicting nationalist symbols and fascist paraphernalia as well as the detainee’s correspondence with the members of Ukrainian nationalist battalions were discovered."
"The investigative department of the FSB Directorate has opened a criminal case against the Alushta resident for a crime under Part 1, Article 222.1 of Russia’s Criminal Code. He is suspected of the illegal acquisition and possession of an explosive device," the press release said.