INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and July, authorities seized thousands of firearms and artillery shells in sting operations across 53 Russian regions, including Moscow and
Petersburg.The listed regions cover nearly every time zone in Russia and include annexed Crimea, as well as the partially occupied Ukrainian
regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.FSB footagepublished by state-run news agencies showed agents carrying out raids at homes and parking lots,
followed by displays of the seized weapons cache.A detailed list of the confiscated weapons included 325 pistols, 251 rifles and shotguns,
93 automatic rifles, 58 submachine guns, 22 machine guns and 70,000 rounds of ammunition.In addition, authorities seized seven grenade
launchers, 704 artillery shells, 210 grenades, 87 kilograms of explosives and 75 electric detonators.The FSB said it shut down the work of
related to the manufacture and sale of illegal firearms.
