MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) - Reports...

The committee, headed by Federal Security Service chief Nikolai Patrushev, said Tuesday foreign sources had warned the FSB about a possible terrorist plot to attack ground transport and one of the country's subway systems.

"Information provided by our foreign colleagues has not been substantiated for now," said Nikolai Sintsov, a committee spokesman.

But he said the measures taken following the alert had helped reduce the terrorist threat in transport and thanked passenger transport companies and passengers for their vigilance and assistance.

"We have received over 100 phone calls alerting us of suspicious facts. Some of them are still being checked," Sintsov said, adding the enhanced security measures had helped seize 10 kilograms of explosives in the Urals.

The national security service, which did not specify which country issued the warnings, recommended that heads of passenger transport companies take pains to ensure people's security and advised

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