Overview
- Two minors in Samara were charged with committing a terrorist act after a transformer cabinet was set on fire near Stakhanovskaya station, and they were arrested, investigators said.
- A St. Petersburg court remanded 22-year-old Nikita Knop in custody until December 26 on terrorism counts linked to a shunting locomotive fire at Oranienbaum-1.
- Investigators allege Knop scouted an electrical substation in Gomontovo and sent videos of the site to an unidentified handler after the locomotive arson.
- Transport police, the regional FSB and Rosgvardiya detained a 17- and 21-year-old local couple accused of torching a railway battery cabinet between Srednerogatskaya and Kupchinskaya for a promised $400.
- All of the cases are proceeding under Article 205 of the Russian criminal code, which carries penalties of up to 20 years in prison, as authorities seek to identify the organizers behind the messenger-based recruitment.