In Moscow, the Second Western District Military Court sentenced three young men to terms from six to nine years in a penal colony in the case of plotting an explosion in the RUDN dormitory, TASS reported. They were found guilty of preparing for a terrorist attack, creating an extremist community, participating in a terrorist community, and illegal manufacturing and storage of explosives. The trial was held behind closed doors, as all the defendants were minors at the time of the crime.
The youngest of the defendants—a 15-year-old eighth-grader—received six years in a juvenile correctional facility and was taken into custody in the courtroom. Two convicted individuals—a 16-year-old student of "Synergy" and a freshman at the Russian Technological University—were additionally fined 40,000 rubles and banned from administering websites for two years.
According to the investigation, the idea to carry out the explosion in October 2023 was proposed by the "Synergy" student, for "intimidating the population" and "causing property damage." The young man shared his idea in a closed chat of one of the far-right Telegram channels, and a freshman from the Russian Technological University and a 15-year-old eighth-grader responded. According to the investigation, the accomplices were supposed to monitor the RUDN dormitory and the students living there, as well as find a place to plant the explosives. Meanwhile, the "Synergy" student was supposed to acquire chemicals and prepare components for its manufacture.
Later, another defendant appeared in the case—a sophomore from RTU MIREA, but the sentence given to him is not specified.
The teenagers themselves denied guilt during the investigation and in court, claiming they were only experimenting with homemade explosives, and called the discussion of the explosion a "joke."