Russian Forces on High Terror Alert

Russian authorities have ordered security forces on high alert after receiving information from foreign officials pointing to the threat of a terrorist attack on public transportation, officials said Tuesday.

Authorities were checking information about the potential threat, they said.

A federal anti-terrorism headquarters received information “from foreign partners … about the possibility a subversive terrorist act could be committed on ground transport and in the metro,” according to a statement confirmed by a Federal Security Service official who said he was not authorized to give his name.

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