The extremist was detained while leaving the penal colony in Yekaterinburg.

In Yekaterinburg, law enforcement officers detained the extremist immediately after he was released from prison. This was reported on February 27 in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service (GUFSIN) of Russia in the Sverdlovsk region.

According to the department, four days before his release, a decision was issued against the man to initiate a new criminal case under the article on inciting to terrorist activities.

"After the arrest, the person involved was taken to the investigative unit of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Sverdlovsk region for further procedural actions," the statement said.

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The day before, a source from Izvestia reported that the leader and four members of a right-wing extremist cell had been detained in Yekaterinburg. According to him, all the detainees are minors — they are 14 and 16 years old. During searches at their places of residence, items confirming the involvement of teenagers in attacks on residents of several districts of the city were seized.

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