The Kansk teenagers case (The Minecraft case)
In the summer of 2020, in the Siberian city of Kansk, several teenagers were detained by the FSB for sticking posters criticizing the state and in support of political prisoners on the building of the security service. As a result, a criminal case was opened against three 14-year-old schoolchildren under a «terrorist» article. On February 10, 2022, one of them, Nikita Uvarov, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. The other two teenagers received suspended sentences.
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On February 10, the 1st Eastern District Military Court sentenced 16-year-old Nikita Uvarov to 5 years in prison on charges of «training in terrorism». The case was fabricated by Russian law enforcement after Nikita and his friends were detained for posting leaflets criticizing the state and supporting political prisoners. Two other defendants, who initially confessed,
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Kansk is a city with a population of 90 000 in Siberia, Russia. The closest city with a million inhabitants is Krasnoyarsk, 250 kilometers westwards. Two boys, who turned 15 years old last year, Nikita Uvarov and Denis Mikhaylenko, have been in jail since last summer, accused of plotting a terrorist attack. According to the
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