In St. Petersburg, a court arrested a man for approving a terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall.

In St. Petersburg, a court arrested a 41-year-old local resident who wrote a comment in an online chat with 806 participants approving the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow. Lenta.ru was informed about this by the joint press service of the city courts.

The man will be in custody until November 25. He did not admit his guilt and asked for house arrest or a ban on certain actions.

According to investigators, in March 2025, a man posted a comment on a publication about a terrorist attack in a chat with more than 800 people. The community itself in which the material was posted has more than 80 thousand subscribers. According to the conclusion of a psychological and linguistic examination, the accused’s comment contains signs of justification of terrorism.