A 14-year-old schoolboy was added to the 'List of Terrorists and…
A 14-year-old schoolboy was added to the 'List of Terrorists and Extremists' by Rosfinmonitoring on Thursday — he is the youngest person included in the list, Viktor Kalinin from Saint Petersburg.
Consensus
- Victor Kalinin, a 14-year-old from Saint Petersburg, was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of 'terrorists and extremists' on July 30, 2026.
- He became the youngest individual ever included in the list.
- The addition is linked to a suspected arson incident involving a railway relay cabinet in early July 2026.
- Victor Kalinin was charged with a terrorist act under Russian law.
- He was not placed in pre-trial detention.
- The incident occurred in the Vsevolozhsk District of Leningrad Oblast.
- Multiple sources confirm that the case involves a minor and that the number of minors in the list has been increasing.
Points of divergence
- The proportion of minors among new entries in the Rosfinmonitoring registry has increased more than eightfold since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. — meduza
- As of early 2026, there were 20 individuals aged 14 in the registry, and 14-year-olds began appearing in the list no later than 2024. — meduza
- The virtual criminal did not find anything valuable in the student's apartment and pushed him toward arson. — fontanka
- Another 14-year-old, Evgeny, was detained later in Saint Petersburg for a separate arson incident, but was not added to the list at that time. — tg_tvrain
- In July 2026, the Investigative Committee reported that at least 15 criminal cases were opened against teenagers using the chatbot 'Davyanchik' for arson between May 2025 and May 2026. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- Teenagers have been regularly appearing in the extremist list since late 2022. — tg_astrapress
Coverage (6 sources)
- 14-year-old St. Petersburg native — youngest participant on the list of 'terrorists' and 'extremists' — Бумага
- The youngest participant has been added to the list of terrorists and extremists. He is 14 years old — Meduza
- 14-year-old boy added to Rosfinmonitoring list of 'extremists' — ASTRA
- Teenager from St. Petersburg became the youngest person in the Rosfinmonitoring registry of terrorists — Фонтанка
- 14-year-old teenager added to list of 'terrorists and extremists'. This is the youngest participant on the Rosfinmonitoring list — The Insider
- 14-year-old schoolboy added to 'list of terrorists and extremists' — Дождь (Telegram)
Key entities
- Rosfinmonitoring
- Saint Petersburg
- Viktor Kalinin
- Telegram channel
- Fontanka
- First Department
- Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring)
- Rain
- Viktor
- Ivan Shukshin
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