Two Tobolsk teenagers sentenced over railway equipment arson

The Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced two teenagers from Tobolsk to nine and eight years in juvenile correctional colonies for setting railway equipment on fire, transport prosecutors reported on October 16.

The court found that the teenagers set the equipment alight at Tobolsk station in the Tyumen region in December 2024. They acted for payment on instructions received online.

They were convicted of a terrorist act under paragraphs a and v of Article 205, Part 2, of Russia's Criminal Code. Prosecutors said their actions were intended to destabilise the activities of public authorities.

The damage to Russian Railways exceeded 265,000 rubles.

The court confiscated the 52,000 rubles paid by the organiser.