A teenager was arrested in Adygea on charges of sabotage.

A court in Maykop has remanded a minor accused of setting fire to an MTS mobile phone base station in pretrial detention.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in southern Russia, since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, there have been repeated arson attacks on railway equipment and mobile phone base stations. In April 2025, two 19-year-old students from Volzhsky, Maxim Zubarev and Yevgeny Kadykov, were found guilty of setting fire to a base station allegedly on orders from Ukrainian intelligence agencies and received lengthy prison sentences. In September 2025, the case of three young men suspected of setting fire to a cell tower in the village of Tlyustenkhabl and a railway locomotive in Krasnodar was filed in court.

The Maykop City Court arrested a minor accused of sabotage following the arson of an MTS base station. According to investigators, a group of people acting on the instructions of an "unidentified individual" was involved in the case.

The charge of sabotage by prior conspiracy by a group (Part 2 of Article 281 of the Russian Criminal Code), charged against the teenager, carries a sentence of twelve to twenty years in prison. The young man has been remanded in custody until April 24, 2026, the joint press service of the courts of Adygea reported on its official Telegram channel.

The publication does not specify where or when the arson took place, only stating that "the defendants used pre-purchased containers of gasoline." The arson caused property damage to the mobile operator, the amount of which is also unspecified.

The station, according to the investigation, was not completely destroyed, but there was a risk of its failure. According to security officials, this equipment "is a critical life support facility and plays a key role in the communications infrastructure," and is used, among other things, by the military.

"The actions of the accused threatened public safety and the functioning of critical communications systems. An investigation is underway against all members of the group, including the unidentified individual who ordered the crime," the statement reads. The court press service did not report any other arrests in this case.