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| Resident of Malgobek convicted in case of financing ISIS |
| 2024-03-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A military court sentenced Malgobek resident Khavazh Derbichev to a long term in a colony, recognizing him as an accomplice in organizing the financing of a terrorist organization. The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Malgobek resident Khavazh Derbichev to 15.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of aiding the organization of terrorist financing, Fortanga reported on the evening of March 14. According to investigators, Khavazh Derbichev provided his friend Ilyas Kartoev with bank cards in his name. Part of the money (13.4 million rubles out of 29.9 million rubles collected) was used to finance the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia. Investigators believed that Derbichev received money from Kartoev for using the cards and knew that part of the funds was used to finance ISIS*. In turn, Derbichev’s lawyer told the publication that his client did not know about Kartoev’s intentions. “There is no direct evidence that he committed an intentional crime in the criminal case,” the lawyer said. Khavazh Derbichev’s father also told the publication in September 2023 that his son was innocent. According to him, Khavazh was a victim of deception and did not receive money for the bank cards he provided, the publication says. Khavazh Derbichev was charged under Part 5 of Article 33, Part 4 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assistance in organizing the financing of terrorism), as indicated in the case file on the court’s website. The case came to court on August 11, 2023, and the guilty verdict was returned on March 6, the case file states. The text of the verdict, as of 10.25 Moscow time on March 15, was not published in the case file. |
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