Russia’s terrorist list has a new youngest member. He’s 14 and accused of trying to set fire to a police car.
Rosfinmonitoring has added Ivan Maltsev, a 14-year-old from Barnaul who turned 14 in June, to its list of terrorists and extremists, a Telegram channel that tracks updates to the list reported. The channel called him the youngest person on the list.
According to Rosfinmonitoring, a terrorist list has added a 14-year-old named Ivan Maltsev as its youngest member. He was charged with attempting to set fire to a police car. Mediazona, an independent Russian news outlet, spoke with Ivan's father who claims his son is being prosecuted under a terrorism or sabotage statute. However, the father reported that there was no actual arson.
The father said Ivan has been barred from leaving home and that the correspondence leading to his detention began before Ivan turned 14. He believes Ivan was "recruited" and threatened by the perpetrators. Rosfinmonitoring also added another 14-year-old, Viktor Kalinin from St. Petersburg, to its list of terrorists and extremists. He was likely detained in early July on charges related to setting fire to a railway relay cabinet.
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