A 17-year-old boy murders a teacher in Russia in a wave of unprecedented attacks by minors in schools

“Unfortunately, despite all the doctors’ efforts, Olesya Baguta, teacher of Russian language and literature at School No. 5 in Dobrianka, could not be saved“, announced the governor of Perm, Dmitri Majoninaccording to the Russian agency TASS.

According to witnesses, the teacher, 55 years old, and the student They had a long disputeand it was about “a personal vendetta.”

The incident occurred at 06:00 (Moscow time) on a street in the city of Dobrianka, 53 kilometers north of the city of Perm, from where the ambulance was sent.

Baguta was admitted to the hospital in critical condition, while the minor was arrested and charged with murder.

The school, meanwhile, announced that they would continue with classes in an online format.

Hello from attacks

Russia lives a wave of attacks on educational institutions, such as schools, universities and academies by young people and minors.

In mid-February, the Russian Interior Ministry reported that they had thwarted 21 attacks against educational centers during 2026, a figure equal to the total number of frustrated attacks in all of 2025.

Russian authorities They blame the incidents on Ukrainian intelligence; However, Russia experts draw attention to the fact that possible sources of radicalization are war, growing xenophobic discourse in the country, in addition to social isolation of the young Russian generationsas demonstrated by some of the latest altercations.

Last November, Russia lowered criminal liability to 14 years for those guilty of involvement in terrorist activities, which includes throwing Molotov cocktails at military commissariats.