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| Resident of Dagestan accused of financing ISIS |
| 2022-11-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The case of a resident of the Khasavyurt district, accused of transferring money to members of a terrorist organization and participating in it, has been submitted to court, investigators said. A resident of the Khasavyurt district has been charged under Part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (financing of terrorism) and Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a terrorist organization), the press service of the TFR Department for Dagestan reported today. According to investigators, in December 2015, the defendant transferred $1,000 to a member of the Islamic State*, this money was then used by members of this terrorist organization. “In addition, from October 2015 until 2022, the accused participated in the activities of the Islamic State terrorist organization, taking measures to revive, expand and continue its activities on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation, by financing the terrorist activities of its participants," the ministry's website says. The criminal case with the approved indictment was sent to court for consideration on the merits, the investigators said. Details about the identity of the accused were not given in the publication. The investigation also did not specify to which court the case was sent. Part 1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for from five to 15 years in prison, part 2 of article 205.5 - from 10 to 20 years in prison. It should be noted that in Dagestan in January-October 2022, the most terrorist crimes (394) were registered among the regions of Russia, the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia calculated. Moscow occupies the second place in the rating with a serious margin (121 crimes). |
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