A young 14-year-old girl in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug became entwined in a troubling chain of events after she confessed to a friend about a close personal relationship with another student. The disclosure drew attention across social circles and was amplified further by a Telegram channel known for sharing breaking news.
The involved teenage girl had maintained online messaging with a 16-year-old boy for a considerable time. Recently she learned that her close friend was involved with someone else. In a bid to retaliate, the offended student decided to expose the intimate messages that the younger man had sent her to his new romantic interest.
Not long after, officials in the city of Uray, where all the participants reportedly resided, received a letter that appeared suspicious. The writer, a schoolgirl, claimed she was going to blow up the city hall and suggested there were additional explosive devices planted around the city. She warned that residents might face danger the following day and urged local authorities to consider warnings rather than ignore them, invoking a grim comparison to a past catastrophe in Magnitogorsk.
Investigators soon identified the actual author as a college student unsettled by his girlfriend’s actions. In an attempt to exact revenge on the younger student, he left his own name, surname, and full address within the message alleging a terrorist threat.
Security teams did not discover any explosives at the claimed locations. Nonetheless, the student responsible for the threatening communication now faces criminal charges for knowingly making a false report about a terrorist act, an offense that could result in a prison term of up to eight years. This incident underscores how online disputes can escalate into serious legal consequences when misinformation and intimidation are involved. The case also highlights the careful balance authorities must maintain between safeguarding the public and addressing ambiguous, sensational online content with due diligence and procedural fairness, especially when young people are involved. For readers in North America, it serves as a reminder of the importance of reporting credible threats through official channels and resisting the spread of unverified information that can provoke real-world alarm—information that may be attributed to various local authorities or news organizations and should be treated with caution by all viewers.
In a separate, unrelated note from the region, a former head of a kindergarten in the Nizhny Novgorod region was dismissed from their post following the leakage of private photographs. This incident illustrates how personal privacy breaches can lead to professional consequences and public scrutiny even when the events involve individuals in different positions within the education system. [Attribution: local administrative statements and press reports]