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| Astrakhan man convicted of financing terrorism |
| 2023-08-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The court sentenced Astrakhan Ivan Guzhvin to 8.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of transferring money to a member of a terrorist organization. The Southern District Military Court found Astrakhan resident Ivan Guzhvin, born in 1999, guilty of assisting the Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham terrorist organization banned in Russia and sentenced him to 8.5 years in prison, the press service of the FSB in the Astrakhan region reported today. According to the agency, Guzhvin organized the collection and transfer of money to one of the active members of a terrorist organization operating in Syria. During a search, bank cards and Islamic literature were found on him, TASS informs. Guzhvin was charged under part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assistance to terrorist activities, financing of terrorism). "The Southern District Military Court found Guzhvin I.P. guilty of committing the alleged crime and sentenced him to eight years and six months in prison with the first two years and six months in prison, and the rest in a strict regime correctional colony", - the agency quotes a message from the department. Part 1.1. article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for from eight years to life imprisonment. |
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