Two teenagers from North Ossetia accused of preparing attack on security forces

Two 15-year-old residents of North Ossetia, accused of undergoing terrorist training and preparing an attack on security forces using an explosive device, have been taken into custody.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, by July 6, 155 teenagers aged 14 to 17 were included in the list of terrorists and extremists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring. In total, the list contains almost 18 thousand people.

The republican department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported on the criminal case of two 15-year-old residents of North Ossetia on its website today. "They are accused of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 30, paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (preparation for a terrorist act committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy), Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activity)," the publication says.

According to investigators, from June 2024 to May 2025, these teenagers, being supporters of a terrorist organization banned in Russia, "underwent training to carry out terrorist activity, having found specialized literature and instructions in a closed channel of one of the messengers."

They purchased components for making a homemade explosive device in the city of Mozdok

"After this, in May 2025, the accused purchased components for making a homemade explosive device in the city of Mozdok explosive devices and stored them at their places of residence for the purpose of subsequently committing a terrorist act against law enforcement officers," the department said.

The Investigative Committee emphasized the role of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in preventing the alleged terrorist act. "The defendants were detained, and at the request of the investigative authorities, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for them," the report said. No other details were given.

They discussed committing terrorist attacks

According to the FSB, the teenagers were detained in Mozdok, and during a search they were found to have components for making homemade explosives, and instructions for making homemade explosive devices were found in their phones.

"As well as correspondence in the Telegram messenger with militants of one of the international terrorist organizations banned in the Russian Federation located abroad, during which they discussed committing terrorist attacks," RIA Novosti quotes the special service's statement today.

The teenagers' case became an episode in the practice of criminal prosecution of minors

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"Kavkazsky Uzel" also wrote about a series of criminal cases opened in 2025 against teenagers in other regions of southern Russia. Thus, on July 6, it became known that a minor resident of Dagestan was arrested, who, according to security forces, was preparing a terrorist attack using an explosive device near the Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Buinaksk.

In June, a court in Stavropol ordered the arrest of a 17-year-old resident of Mikhailovsk, suspected of organizing terrorist activities. The teenager is accused of publishing on a social network "propaganda of a banned ideology" and faces 15 to 20 years in prison.

On June 5, security forces in Stavropol reported the arrest of 15- to 17-year-old teenagers whom investigators believe to be members of an extremist group. Seven of them were taken into custody, and another teenager was placed under house arrest. According to investigators, the teenagers painted "graphic images with Nazi symbols and symbols of an extremist group" on fences and buildings, and were planning violent crimes.

On May 19, nine people were taken into custody in Stavropol Krai, including eight teenagers suspected of preparing attacks on police officers. Some of those detained told security forces that they swore an oath to a terrorist organization without understanding the meaning of what they said.