MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Security officers detained seven members of a terrorist cell led by an emissary from Poland and affiliated with an international terrorist organization outlawed in Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Public Relations Center of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) reported.
"Security officers suspended the activity of a conspiracy cell of an international terrorist organization that is banned on the territory of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The cell consisted of seven citizens of one of the states in the Central Asian region," the press service said.
"On the instructions of a Polish-based foreign emissary of the international terrorist organization, the accused spread a terrorist ideology among local Muslims and migrant workers aimed at the violent seizure of power and the creation of the so-called World Caliphate. They recruited new followers to their organization during secret meetings," Russia's Federal Security Service said in a statement.
Propaganda materials prohibited in Russia, communication tools and electronic media that members of the group used for their activities were seized from their places of residence.
Criminal cases have been initiated against the two ringleaders of the group by the FSB investigation department for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, while its subordinated members have been subject to administrative detention and deported to their home country.