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Resident of Adygeya convicted of recruiting into a terrorist organization
2022-12-18
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Farhod Zhuraev, a resident of Adygeya,
...an autonomous republic in the northwest Caucasus whose population is mostly Moslem...
was sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony, whom the court found guilty of recruiting citizens into the terrorist organization "Katiba Taukhid val-Jihad."
Also spelt Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad. The Syrian branch of this Al Qaeda franchise is the Uzbeks/Tajiks/Uighurs section allied to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) in Idlib Province, having pulled together fighters from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Katibat Imam al Bukhari, and Turkestan Islamic Party. It was listed a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in March, 2022. Back home they mostly cause trouble in post-Soviet Central Asia, Russia and Xinjiang of the Uygur Autonomous Region of China.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found a resident of Adygeya guilty of recruiting citizens into an international terrorist organization.

The court found that Farhod Zhuraev, from August to October 2020, took part in the activities of Katiba Tawhid wal-Jihad, in particular, he contacted via the Internet with a member of the organization who lived in Volgograd, Kommersant writes on December 16 with the link to the management of the FSB of Russia in Adygea.

Zhuraev repeatedly talked with the inhabitants of Adygea, tried to recruit them to participate in the mentioned organization, and justified terrorist activities. In addition, on his page on the social network, the convict posted videos and audio recordings justifying violent acts on religious grounds, called for extremist and terrorist activities.

The court found Zhuraev guilty and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The verdict has entered into force.

Zhuraev was charged under part 2 of article 280 (public calls for extremist activities), part 2 of article 205.2 (public calls for terrorist activities), part 1.1 of article 205.1 (assistance in terrorist activities) and part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in activities terrorist organization), according to the file on the website of the court.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" wrote that in March 2021, a native of Central Asia , a supporter of a terrorist organization, was detained. He confessed to preparing a terrorist act in the center of Maikop.
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