MOSCOW: Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had detained five members of a Daesh cell in a city northeast of Moscow in possession of home-made explosives and weapons, the RIA news agency reported.

The five suspects were apprehended in the city of Yaroslavl on May 3-4 and were planning to carry out attacks in various Russian regions, Interfax news agency reported, citing a statement from the FSB.