An 18-year-old native of Dagestan, a student of one of Moscow's colleges, was detained on suspicion of setting fire to a battery cabinet on the railway between the Malchiki and Lyubertsy-2 stations in the Moscow region, reported "Mediazona"* citing the transport police department in the Central Federal District.
According to law enforcement, an unknown person contacted the young man and offered 40,000 rubles to set fire on the railway, and he agreed.
"At night, the perpetrator went to the place indicated by the curator, bent the door of the battery cabinet, and using a flammable liquid and a lighter, set it on fire. The young man recorded his actions on video and sent it to the client, but did not receive the promised money," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in the statement. It is not reported when the arson occurred and what damage was caused, only that the battery cabinet was completely burned out.
A criminal case was initiated against the detainee for a "terrorist act" committed by an "organized group of persons", although he was alone. The police statement does not indicate whether the young man confessed.
* Recognized in Russia as a "foreign agent".