In Dagestan, a teenager has been detained on charges of organizing…

In Dagestan, a teenager has been detained on charges of organizing attacks on schools. Russian security services arrested a teenager in Dagestan who is the founder of the largest international online community of supporters of terrorist organizations.

Consensus

• The suspect is a 17-year-old from Dagestan
• He created and led an international terrorist network
• The network had over 200,000 members, including 5,000 active terrorists
• The network planned attacks on schools, transport, and infrastructure in Russia and abroad
• The suspect admitted to planning attacks in multiple Russian regions including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, and others
• The suspect was involved in planning a failed attack on students at Domodedovo Middle School
• The suspect was arrested by Russian FSB
• The suspect was interrogated by the Investigative Committee (SK)
• The suspect admitted to his role in the network and confessed to crimes
• The network was allegedly coordinated from Ukraine

Points of divergence

• The suspect's actions were coordinated by Ukrainian radical Kirill Makarenko — vedomosti
• The suspect wanted to gain fame through terrorism — vesti
• The suspect and his coordinators 'scaled terror globally' since 2025, including in the US and European cities — vedomosti
• The suspect was involved in planning attacks in the US and European countries — vedomosti
• The suspect was involved in planning attacks on military targets, volunteer organizations, transport, and energy infrastructure — vedomosti
• The suspect was involved in planning attacks in three Russian regions: Tyumen, Krasnodar Krai, and Adygea — vedomosti
• The suspect was involved in planning mass killings of children in schools — vesti

Coverage (4 sources)

• Teenager arrested in Dagestan on charges of organizing attacks on schools — Ведомости
• Arrested teenager in Dagestan told investigators he wanted to become famous — Вести
• Footage of the arrest of a teenager in Dagestan who planned a terrorist attack has been released — Вести
• Prosecutors Indict a Teenager from Dagestan for Plotting School Shootings — Вести

Key entities

• Dagestan
• Russia
• SK
• Moscow
• FSB
• COS
• RIA Novosti
• Svetlana Petrenko
• Makarenko
• Kirill Makarenko
• Domodedovsky Middle School

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