An Anapa resident has been arrested in connection with a terrorist plot.

An Anapa resident suspected of plotting to set fire to a transformer substation has been taken into custody.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on March 25, the Kuban Federal Security Service (FSB) reported the arrest of a 21-year-old local resident accused of preparing a terrorist attack at the training facility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs University in Novorossiysk.

FSB officers for the Krasnodar Territory detained an Anapa resident, born in 2005. Security forces believe the young man intended to set fire to a transformer substation supplying electricity to military facilities, resorts, and private homes in the city, Kommersant reported today.

According to the intelligence agency, in January 2026, the Anapa resident contacted a Ukrainian intelligence officer and received an offer to set fire to a major power supply facility for a monetary reward, the publication writes.

The suspect has been taken into custody. The criminal case is being investigated under Part 1 of Article 30 and Subparagraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 30. Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (preparation to commit a terrorist act), Interfax reported today.

As a reminder, since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, arson attacks on railway equipment and mobile phone stations have repeatedly occurred in southern Russia. Criminal cases often feature the typical framing: allegedly "unidentified individuals" force people to film the arson attacks and then send them to the "customer." This pattern in a large number of criminal cases suggests that investigators have found a simple way to prove crimes, noted legal scholar Roman Melnichenko. At the same time, Kuban's sabotage convictions have set a model for courts in other regions. For example, in April 2025, an appellate court doubled the sentences of teenagers from Novosibirsk in a railroad sabotage case, bringing the final sentences in line with those handed down in Kuban for similar cases. The teenagers sought a mitigated sentence, and a prosecutor demanded that the sentences be equalized with the average sentences handed down by courts in other regions for similar cases—11 years in prison. The teenagers' parents are convinced that the case is fabricated.