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| Ingushetia resident fined 40,000 rubles in terror case |
| 2021-10-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KvkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don today sentenced a resident of Ingushetia Akhmed Izmailov to a fine of 40,000 rubles, having found him guilty of justifying the activities of the Islamic State *. 19-year-old native of Nazran, Akhmed Izmailov, was accused of publicly justifying terrorism using the Internet (part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of Russia). The maximum penalty under this article is up to seven years in prison. "It has been established that on February 19, 2020, in the village of Ekazhevo, Nazran district of Ingushetia, Izmailov, using a mobile phone, distributed a video on a social network containing a positive assessment of the activities of members of the banned international organization Islamic State," the press service told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent court. Izmailov was found guilty. He was sentenced to a fine of 40,000 rubles. He admitted his guilt. The verdict has not entered into legal force and can be appealed by the parties in the Military Court of Appeal, said a spokesman. "Caucasian Knot" has not yet received any comments from Akhmed Izmailov or his official representatives regarding the verdict of the court. The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the Southern District Military Court in December 2020 found a native of Nazran, Magomed Archakov, guilty of promoting terrorism among Internet users and sentenced him to three years in prison. In accordance with the verdict, he twice posted videos calling for terrorist activities on the network. |
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