Two teenagers from Krasnodar have been charged with arson on a railway.

Investigators have referred to court the case of two teenagers from Krasnodar accused of committing a terrorist attack after setting fire to a battery cabinet on the railway. The young men are in pretrial detention.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, arson attacks on railway equipment have repeatedly occurred in the southern regions of Russia since the start of the military operation in Ukraine. In March 2025, security forces reported the arrest of three teenagers for setting fire to relay and battery cabinets on the railway near Krasnodar. In late December, the Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced four residents of Kuban to lengthy prison terms under the article on sabotage, also for setting fire to a relay cabinet.

The accused are two Krasnodar residents, aged 15 and 18. They face twelve to twenty years in prison under the article on terrorist acts committed by a group of persons 1 .

According to investigators, in July 2025, the young men received an offer of work from an unknown Telegram user. Following the instructions of the interlocutor, whom investigators are calling their "curator," the teenagers photographed the Loris railway station in the Karasunsky inner-city district of Krasnodar. For sending him the photographs, they received "a small monetary reward by transfer to a card," according to a statement from the Russian Investigative Committee.

The next day after the video was filmed, the young men, acting on instructions from the same unknown source, set fire to a battery cabinet near the railroad tracks. They doused it with flammable liquid and set it ablaze, filming the arson and burning process on video. Investigators claim that after sending the recording to their alleged perpetrator, they again received monetary compensation. The amounts of these transfers were not specified in the official statement.

The accused, detained by FSB and transport police officers, are being held in custody. The criminal case with an approved indictment has been sent to court, the agency noted, without specifying whether the young men have admitted their guilt. The publication also does not specify which court will hear the criminal case.

The wording that "unidentified individuals" are forcing teenagers or young adults to film arson and then send them to the "customer" suggests that investigators have found a simple way to prove the crimes, as legal scholar Roman Melnichenko previously noted.