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Politics● LowSep 21 · Sep 21, 2026, 6:04 AM

Teenage girl detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of setting two police cars on fire

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Meduza [en] · Eastern Europe

In St. Petersburg, police have detained a teenage girl on suspicion of setting fire to police cars outside a station on Marata Street, a source told the news outlet Fontanka.

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