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Russia's FSB detains a minor who posted 'I found a place' photos of a Moscow park after a US terror tip-off

The Grand Palace and Church of the Life-Giving Trinity at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve, founded in 1775 as Catherine the Great's summer residence, where the US Embassy issued a near-identical warning before the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack.
The Grand Palace and Church of the Life-Giving Trinity at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve, founded in 1775 as Catherine the Great's summer residence, where the US Embassy issued a near-identical warning before the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack.

The detained minor had posted TikTok photos of himself in tactical gear and a balaclava holding what appeared to be an automatic weapon, alongside images taken at Tsaritsyno Park captioned "I found a place." Russia's FSB thanked Washington for the intelligence, describing it as arriving "through established partner channels" — a striking signal of security cooperation even as the two nations remain at odds over Ukraine.

Searches on the boy's phone revealed a neo-Nazi Telegram subscription and extensive research into terrorist attacks and mass killings.

Tsaritsyno, a palace complex built for Empress Catherine the Great, was temporarily closed on Saturday after the warning was issued.

The US issued a similar tip-off before the 2024 Crocus City Hall massacre that killed over 140 people — a warning Russian officials dismissed at the time as "too general."

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