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| Kabardino-Balkaria resident suspected of financing ISIS |
| 2022-02-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A criminal case on the financing of terrorism has been initiated against a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who is suspected of transferring more than 350,000 rubles to members of terrorist groups located abroad. A 21-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria transferred more than 350,000 rubles to members of "international terrorist structures" who are hiding from law enforcement agencies outside of Russia, the department of the Federal Security Service for the republic reported today. A criminal case has been initiated against the suspect under the article on financing terrorism (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia), Interfax informed with reference to the department. The fact of transferring money to the militants' accounts was established in the course of operational-search activities by officers of the Russian Federal Security Service for Kabardino-Balkaria in cooperation with the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the republic, RIA Kabardino-Balkaria reported today. There were no comments from the suspect or her official representatives regarding the version of the FSB in Kabardino-Balkaria. The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that in February 2021, the court found Alim Begiev, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, guilty of financing and facilitating the activities of a terrorist organization and sentenced him to 17 years in prison in a strict regime colony. |
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