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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Resident of Izberbash suspected of financing terrorism
2022-08-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] A terrorism financing case has been initiated against a resident of Izberbash, who is serving a sentence for illegal arms trafficking. According to investigators, he transferred at least 10,000 rubles to a member of a terrorist organization.

According to the investigation, from 2020 to April 2022, a 29-year-old resident of Izberbash, knowing that the Hayat Tahrir Ash-Sham
...formerly known as Al Nusra, Al Qaeda’s franchise in Syria...
organization was recognized as a terrorist organization and its activities were banned on the territory of Russia by a court decision, transferred at least 10,000 thousand rubles to its participant, reported the Department of the Sledkom for Dagestan.

The suspect was sentenced in June to seven years in prison for trafficking in weapons and explosives, and a criminal case has been opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, according to a statement on the agency's website.

Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assistance to terrorism) provides for up to 15 years in prison.

The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on April 1, the FSB announced the arrest of 10 accomplices of the Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham terrorist organization in nine Russian regions, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, Krasnodar Territory, Astrakhan and Volgograd regions.

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