News - St. Petersburg resident who spoke about Moscow terrorist attack venue detained before leaving for Armenia

A resident of Saint Petersburg, Russia who had spoken about the venue of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region detained at the airport. He was going to fly to Armenia via Moscow, writes Fontanka. Nikolay Konashenok was taken into custody in Pulkovo Airport of Saint Petersburg. He was going to fly to Yerevan. Konashenok had written as follows, in particular, on social media: "Why did the terrorists attack Crocus [City Hall concert hall in Moscow Region] and not the Kremlin?" His wife was forced to resign as general director of New Holland company because of Konashenok's posts that the terrorists had chosen the wrong location to carry out their attack. Also, he had proposed an alternative to Crocus City Hall.