A 14-year-old boy was sentenced to seven years in prison for setting fire to a military registration and enlistment office in the Tver region. 

The teenager from Vyshny Volochok will serve his sentence in a correctional colony, сообщили In the Investigative Committee, the boy was tried under charges of "participation in the activities of a terrorist organization" and "attempt to commit a terrorist act."

The court claims the teenager is a "member of a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation." In May 2025, "on instructions from his Ukrainian handler," he allegedly attempted to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office building using three Molotov cocktails in a messaging app, but was stopped by security forces.

After the start of the war with Ukraine, the country took a ride A wave of arrests of teenagers accused of sabotage. According to the FSB, the youth are committing these acts under the influence of professional recruiters from the Ukrainian intelligence services. 

The scale is so large that even the State Duma deputies lowered The age of criminal responsibility for sabotage has been raised from 16 to 14 years (and at the same time, suspended sentences and the possibility of early release have been abolished).

Moreover, some of those committing arson are victims of phone scams. Under this pretext, authorities are restricting the internet, blocking the familiar Telegram and WhatsApp.

On the eve in the Kemerovo region on a 17-year-old teenager excited case of terrorism and treason. Investigators claim the young man received an offer on social media from a "representative of a foreign state" to set fire to a diesel locomotive's rolling stock in exchange for money.

And in January 2025, teenagers from Novosibirsk sentenced to real terms of five to seven years for "sabotage" - setting fire to a relay cabinet, a cellular operator's base station, and an out-of-service Su-24 aircraft.

About juvenile political prisoners Read on the cards of "NonMoscow".