Ransom Demanded for Missing 14-Year-Old Boy in Krasnoyarsk

A 14-year-old boy from Krasnoyarsk has gone missing after leaving home with an unknown man, and his parents have received a ransom demand via a video message.
Feb 2, 2026
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Video from a street camera captures the boy accompanied by an unknown man as they walk away.

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«Search for Missing Children» named after Oksana Vasilishina / Telegram

A ransom has been demanded for a 14-year-old boy who left with an unknown person in Krasnoyarsk the day before.

He left home between 4:30 PM and 6:50 PM on January 22 from the address: Krasnoyarsk, Zhivitsa Street — this is the Silver Bor cottage community. According to the alert, he was accompanied by an unknown person. They were captured on street surveillance cameras.

Later, information emerged that the boy«s parents received a ransom demand — they were sent a video in which their son himself speaks about it. On social media, the teenager is referred to as the son of the director of the equipment supplier company »AvtoSpetsMash.« It was not possible to promptly contact Andrei Kapla.

NGS24.RU is conducting a live broadcast on the boy«s abduction.

Residents of Krasnoyarsk are asked to help in the search for the teenager. Description of the boy: height about 170 centimeters (5 feet 7 inches), slim build, brown curly hair, brown eyes. He was wearing: a swamp-colored jacket, light blue jeans, black boots.

If you have seen him or know where he might be, report it using the following phone numbers:

  • 8 (391) 249-01-48 — duty office of Police Department No. 2

  • 112 — unified emergency services call number;

  • 8-950-99-66-066 — volunteers (24/7).

In 2025, the Krasnoyarsk region anxiously followed the search for a 15-year-old girl. On the morning of March 19, information emerged about the child«s abduction. She sent videos from her Telegram account to her parents, telling them that she had been kidnapped and a ransom was demanded. It turned out that not only was the girl not kidnapped, but she also personally recorded the frightening messages. NGS24.RU correspondents went to Achinsk to investigate the details of the convoluted story. Details are in the report by correspondent Irina Khariton.

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