The police came for Igor Rogov because someone had mailed him a bomb-making kit. The eclectic(不拘一格的，混杂的) mix of items – a chrome vacuum flask, a pair of marker pens, a power bank and a bottle of antifreeze fluid – might have seemed innocuous(无害的，无恶意的) to an untrained eye, but Poland was on high alert(高度戒备) in July 2024. Two months previously, a shopping mall in Warsaw had burned down in an arson attack; an Ikea in neighbouring Lithuania was also set on fire. Authorities believed it was a sabotage campaign masterminded(幕后策划) by Russia’s intelligence services, intended to sow panic(制造恐慌) and undermine support for Ukraine. They feared it was only a matter of time(只是时间问题) before the Kremlin escalated further.
警察来找伊戈尔·罗戈夫，是因为有人给他邮寄了一套炸弹制作工具。这批五花八门的物品——一个镀铬保温瓶、两支记号笔、一个充电宝和一瓶防冻液——在外行人看来或许无害，但2024年7月的波兰正处于高度戒备状态。两个月前，华沙一家购物中心在纵火袭击中被烧毁；邻国立陶宛的一家宜家也被纵火。当局认为这是一场由俄罗斯情报机构策划的破坏行动，旨在制造恐慌、削弱对乌克兰的支持。他们担心克里姆林宫进一步升级行动只是时间问题。
A security officer at the parcel company’s warehouse was suspicious enough about the package to call in the authorities, who arrived with sniffer dogs(嗅探犬) and special equipment. X-rays of the marker pens showed they had 1980s Soviet-produced detonators(雷管) concealed inside, while the flask had a false bottom(夹层底) containing a sachet of metallic powder. The power bank appeared to have been tampered(被动手脚) with in some way, and a probe of the bottled liquid showed it contained a highly volatile(易挥发的，不稳定的) nitroglycerine(硝化甘油) solution. With the right expertise, the items could be turned into a powerful bomb.
包裹公司仓库的一名保安对包裹起了疑心，于是报了警。警方带着嗅探犬和特殊设备赶到。X光检查显示，记号笔内藏有1980年代苏联制造的雷管，而保温瓶有夹层，里面装着一小袋金属粉末。充电宝似乎被人动过手脚，对瓶装液体的检测显示其中含有高挥发性的硝化甘油溶液。只要有相应的专业知识，这些东西就能被制成威力强大的炸弹。
Police ascertained(查明，确定) that Rogov, the parcel’s addressee(收件人), was a 27-year-old Russian political activist, who in the past had campaigned for the opposition leader Alexei Navalny(阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼，俄罗斯反对派领袖) and other anti-Kremlin groups. He had fled Russia two years previously, fearing arrest for his activities, and been granted asylum(给予庇护) in Poland. He won a scholarship to attend university in Sosnowiec, an industrial city in the south-west of the country. His wife, Irina Rogova, followed him to Poland and also enrolled at the university; the couple lived in a student dormitory. It was there that authorities arrested him.
警方查明，包裹的收件人罗戈夫是一名27岁的俄罗斯政治活动人士，过去曾为反对派领袖阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼及其他反克里姆林宫组织奔走。他两年前因担心因自己的活动被捕而逃离俄罗斯，并在波兰获得庇护。他获得了奖学金，进入该国西南部工业城市索斯诺维茨的大学学习。他的妻子伊琳娜·罗戈娃随他来到波兰，也进入同一所大学就读；夫妇俩住在学生宿舍。警方正是在那里逮捕了他。
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