The FSB of Russia reported the detention of three eighth-grade students, whom it accuses of damaging railway tracks in the Moscow region “at the behest of some persons” in Telegram, TASS reports.
“The FSB together with the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from Art [de poliție] Moscow-Kursk, stopped the illegal activities of three minor residents of Chekhov, who damaged the transport infrastructure on the section of the railway in the direction of Kursk,” the SBU said in a statement.
According to the same source, eighth-graders contacted unknown people on Telegram, who promised them money in exchange for damaging railway tracks.
The FSB says the students filmed themselves damaging the tracks to prove to these people that they had committed a crime and get their money. FSB officials did not specify the amount the students received and the amount of damages they are accused of.
“Currently, the question of bringing the detained teenagers to criminal responsibility is being resolved,” – notes one of the Russian state news agencies, TASS.
Russian students receive from 10 years in prison to life imprisonment
The FSB noted that such actions, depending on the circumstances, are subject to Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Terrorism”) or Art. 281 (“Sabotage”), acts punishable by 10 years to life imprisonment, including minors who have reached the age of 14.
“In view of the above, the FSB asks minors and their parents, as well as other citizens, to be vigilant and not to follow the instructions of persons who are used by the special services of Ukraine to sabotage the transport infrastructure. Federation of the Russian Federation,” the FSB press service added.
The SBU of Moscow states that even those who planned such actions can avoid criminal liability if they report them to the authorities before they are carried out.
In December, the State Duma, the lower house of the Moscow parliament, changed the law on sabotage, making sabotage punishable by life imprisonment.
The FSB announces the prevention of a sabotage attempt on the “South Stream” gas pipeline.
“The Russian Federation is conducting a special operation, while accepting refugees and remaining open to the entry and exit of foreign citizens” on its territory, State Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin said in December. “The punishment for saboteurs will be as severe as possible,” he added.
The move came after the FSB said in November that it had prevented a terrorist attack and sabotage on the South Stream gas pipeline, which was planned to be built in Russia.
“Gazprom” planned to build a 4-pipe gas pipeline “South Stream” with a capacity of transporting 63 billion cubic meters through the Black Sea to Bulgaria.
Russia built the necessary infrastructure on its territory, but after the Moscow government canceled the South Stream project in 2014, it was replaced by Turkish Stream, a gas pipeline with twice the capacity (31.5 billion cubic meters) and consisting of only two pipes.
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