Overview
- Regional investigators say they have forwarded the case to court on charges of diversion, which is sabotage, and preparation for a terrorist act.
- The case centers on claims the teenager agreed in a messenger chat to carry out attacks for money and then converted crypto payments into rubles.
- Investigators allege he and a minor acquaintance set fire to a mobile base station in Rostoshi on April 4, 2025 using an accelerant.
- They also accuse him of buying a powdery substance for an attack and leaving it in a stash near an unnamed military site that officers found in May 2025.
- Rights group First Department counts 2,590 terrorism-related convictions from 2022 through June 2025, highlighting a surge in cases that often involve very young suspects.