MOSCOW, December 7 (RAPSI, Yulia Glozman) – A criminal case has been launched against former Ukraine’s Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko, who allegedly pushed for car bomb attacks in Russia, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports Thursday.

Gritsenko is accused of public calls for terrorism, the statement reads.

According to investigators, the former minister has called for car bomb attacks in Moscow and Taganrog when going on the air in a program on the Ukrainian TV. The linguistic examination of the video showed that his statements contained pleas for conducting terrorist activities.