The FSB reported the arrest of several more Artpodgotovka participants in various regions of Russia.

В The Nizhny Novgorod region detained A 50-year-old employee of a logistics company. According to security officials, he collected data on strategically important facilities in seven regions and transmitted it to Ukrainian intelligence services. The detainee is allegedly a member of the terrorist organization "Artpodgotovka," banned in Russia. He faces up to life imprisonment.

Also опубликовано video of "previously detained Artpodgotovka supporters." It appears that security forces detained residents Bashkortostan, Vladimir, Kurgan, Tyumen и Moscow region. Among them are two women.

In addition, the Investigative Committee reported that a criminal case against eight more Artpodgotovka members had been sent to court. According to security officials, they planned to blow up Orenburg region a train transporting military-industrial products.

The Artpodgotovka movement was founded by a Saratov politician Vyacheslav Maltsev, who scheduled the so-called "revolution" for October 5, 2017, and called on Russians to take to the squares of their cities on that day. After his supporters began being arrested, Maltsev managed to flee Russia and receive asylum in France.

Despite the movement's de facto dissolution, dozens of criminal cases remain against Artpodgotovka members, with many defendants receiving lengthy prison sentences. The organization itself has been declared banned in the Russian Federation.

A number of opposition members consider Maltsev a provocateur who worked for the FSB.

According to the FSB, 251 Artpodgotovka participants have been arrested since 2022 on charges of terrorism, extremism, and treason. Most often, the basis for criminal prosecution was a small donation.