A man was detained in the Amur region for attempting to set fire to a relay cabinet.

Employees of the Office of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Amur region detained a man who tried to set fire to a relay cabinet on the railway. This was announced on August 11 by the press service of the department.

It is specified that the suspect contacted representatives of a terrorist organization from Ukraine and agreed to complete the task for a monetary reward. His communication with the curator took place on the WhatsApp messenger (part of Meta, the organization is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

A criminal case has been opened against him under Part 1 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Preparation for a crime and attempted crime" and "Sabotage"). Currently, the court has chosen a preventive measure for the man in the form of detention.

The person involved in the case may face up to 20 years in prison.

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On August 8, two teenagers were detained in Krasnodar for setting fire to a transport infrastructure facility at a railway station. The Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation is investigating a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act"). The suspects gave statements in which they confessed to the crime.