<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Russia's FSB domestic security agency said Wednesday it had detained a Russian-Ukrainian citizen suspected of planning to "sabotage" an energy infrastructure site in annexed Crimea.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Russian lawmakers this week toughened penalties for "terrorism" and sabotage as Moscow pursues its military offensive against Ukraine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The FSB in the city of Kerch "prevented the preparation of sabotage at a facility of the energy system of the peninsula," annexed from Ukraine in 2014, it said in a statement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"A citizen of Russia and Ukraine, born in 1971, who was involved in the preparation of this crime, was detained," the statement said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the FSB, the suspect was being held for planning to commit "sabotage" and "possession of explosives or explosive devices".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The charges carry a possible life sentence, the FSB said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It also said the suspect was in contact "with a representative of Ukraine's security services, who coordinated his criminal activities".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov this month accused Ukraine and Western powers of inciting Russians to armed rebellion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Vladimir Putin also accused Western security services of being involved in "terrorist" attacks in Russia.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In early April, Russia detained a young woman after an explosion killed a top military blogger in Saint Petersburg, blaming Ukraine and the opposition. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>