Near Moscow And St. Petersburg, A Bank And A Gas Station Were Set On Fire On The Same Day

• 7.03.2026, 19:30

Law enforcement detained the two teens.

In the Moscow suburb of Putilkovo on the afternoon of March 7, a teenager blew up ATMs in VTB branch on Volnaya Street. About it wrote Shot, Baza, Mash and "Beware of the news". Judging by the video from the site, the blast wave knocked out the doors of the premises, the destruction is also noticeable inside the branch, writes The Moscow Times.

It is noted that the schoolboy was detained by local residents, who then handed him over to the arriving officers of the Rosgvardiya. According to the Krasnogorsk prosecutor's office, no one was hurt in the incident, and the 16-year-old acted on "telephone instructions from unknown people." According to the agency's version, the boy poured flammable liquid from a canister on the bank's premises and set it on fire. The resulting fire was extinguished independently by passers-by with snow, Shot reported. The branch was closed "until it is restored," VTB told RBC.

On the same day, an arson attack occurred at the Fasters Oil gas station on Zheleznodorozhnaya Street in the Metallostroy settlement in St. Petersburg's Kolpino district. The Rosguard detained a young man suspected of committing the crime and handed him over to the police. The regional Rosgvardia department said that the arsonist, who tried to escape, is only 14 years old. "The young man, while at the self-service gas station, poured flammable liquid on one of the columns and set it on fire, after which the flames spread throughout the gas station," the department said in a release. As writes "Fontanka", the guy also fell under the influence of fraudsters.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire report was received at 15:27. The flames completely engulfed the gas station measuring three by seven meters. The fire was extinguished at 15:49. Preliminarily, no one was injured.