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| 15 members of extremist community detained in Kabardino-Balkaria | |
| 2024-09-24 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Law enforcement officers detained 15 people on suspicion of participating in an extremist community, Svetlana Petrenko, official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, reported on September 23. "As a result of joint activities of the Investigative Committee, the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Russian National Guard, the activities of members of a criminal group operating in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic were stopped. Fifteen people were detained on suspicion of committing the crime," Petrenko reported in a video message published on the agency's Telegram channel. It is noted that a criminal case has been opened against Rezuan Kangezov, a suspect in the creation of an extremist community, under Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation of an extremist community). The other suspects are accused of participating in it (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the Investigative Committee, in 2023, Rezuan Kangezov organized an extremist cell in the Baksan Municipal District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic to use violent methods of persuasion against an unlimited number of people, and to prepare and commit crimes against them based on religious hatred and enmity. “On the instructions of the leader of the extremist community, its members subjected individuals whose behavior did not correspond to the radical extremist ideology of the members of the extremist community to physical violence and psychological pressure,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement. Searches were conducted at the suspects’ residences, during which prohibited religious literature was confiscated, the department clarified.
... the successor to the KGB... (FSB) said Monday that its agents arrested 15 people in the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, accusing them of spreading "radical ideology" via WhatsApp. Law enforcement officials said the individuals were "involved in the public dissemination of a radical ideology based on the rejection of traditional Islamic norms and Russian laws" and were implicated in acts of violence driven by religious hatred. All 15 suspects, identified as Russian citizens, were arrested in the village of Islamey in Kabardino-Balkaria’s Baksan district. They face charges of "creating an turban community" and "participation in an turban community," both of which carry prison sentences of up to 10 years. FSB video published by state media showed heavily armed security agents entering a house during the night and arresting several individuals. Investigators were seen examining weapons, including pistols, knives and a shotgun, they allegedly found inside the home. Related: Kabardino-Balkarian Republic: 2024-05-15 Begretova files a lawsuit against the FSB department for Kabardino-Balkaria Kabardino-Balkarian Republic: 2024-02-27 Putin signs a decree on the re-establishment of the Moscow and Leningrad military districts Kabardino-Balkarian Republic: 2023-12-13 Chechen imams called Zhuravel’s act offensive | |
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