In Kuzbass, the FSB detained a teenager on suspicion of sabotage

In the Kemerovo region, a teenager was detained in connection with a case of sabotage, who, according to the investigation, tried to set fire to a relay box on one of the railway tracks. This is reported by the Investigative Committee on Transport.

According to the investigation, a 16-year-old teenager, whose name has not been released, acting on the instructions of an “unidentified person”, tried to commit arson near the Ishanovo station of the West-Siberian Railway. For this, he allegedly received five thousand rubles from the customer.

According to “Ostrozhno, Novosti”, the young man admitted that the money was transferred to him in cryptocurrency. He tried to open the relay cabinet, and then set it on fire with a “Molotov cocktail”, but he could not damage the equipment. The teenager was detained at the Kuzbass sports center, where he was training.

• In December 2022, the State Duma passed a law providing for punishment up to life imprisonment for “assisting in subversive activities.”
• After the start of the war against Ukraine in February of last year, attacks on administrative buildings and acts of sabotage have increased sharply in Russia. Attempts were made to set fire to several dozen military enlistment centers and other state institutions. The General Staff of the Russian Federation announced that cases of arson of military enlistment centers would be considered acts of terrorism and would be punishable by up to 15 years in prison.