Russia's terrorist list gets its youngest member yet — a 14-year-old from Barnaul
Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service has added 14-year-old Ivan Maltsev from Barnaul to its list of terrorists and extremists, accusing him of trying to set fire to a police car. His father says the boy was recruited through online messages and threats before he turned 14.
Rosfinmonitoring, Russia's financial monitoring agency, has added a 14-year-old boy from the Siberian city of Barnaul to its official list of terrorists and extremists. A Telegram channel that tracks changes to the list identified him as Ivan Maltsev, who turned 14 in June, and described him as the youngest person currently on the registry. An asterisk next to his name indicates he faces a terrorism-related charge.
The independent outlet Mediazona spoke with Maltsev's father, who said his son is being prosecuted under a statute covering terrorism or sabotage. According to the father, Ivan is accused of attempting to set fire to a police car, though he insists no actual arson took place.
The father said Ivan is currently barred from leaving home, which Mediazona suggests points to a pretrial restriction limiting his activities.
The father described how the situation began: online correspondence that eventually led to his son's detention started early in the year, before Ivan had even turned 14. He characterized it as a recruitment effort — unknown contacts wrote to the boy and threatened him, warning that his parents could also face charges, which frightened him.
Another teen added in July
On July 30, Rosfinmonitoring also added 14-year-old Viktor Kalinin from St. Petersburg, who had turned 14 three months earlier. He is believed to be the teenager detained in early July on charges of setting fire to a railway relay cabinet.
By the start of summer 2026, Rosfinmonitoring's list had grown to more than 21,000 names, including 20 who were 14-year-olds.
