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| Resident of Dagestan convicted in the case of financing militants | |
| 2023-01-25 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced a resident of Dagestan accused of transferring money to members of a terrorist organization. According to the prosecution, Rasul Abdulkerimov transferred funds to militants of the international terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,
The investigation and the court concluded that in January 2021, Abdulkerimov saw a video of militants and entered into correspondence with one of them. Having received from the interlocutor the details for transferring money, from January 29 to June 24, 2021, the man transferred 16,210 rubles to support the militants, the press service of the court reported today. Abdulkerimov was found guilty under the article on assisting terrorists (1.1, article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This article provides for eight to 15 years in prison. The court sentenced Rasul Abdulkerimov to 9 years and 2 months of strict regime with the first 3 years in prison, according to a message published today on the court's Telegram channel. The verdict has not yet entered into force. It follows from the case file on the court’s website that from May 2022 to January 23, 2023, eight hearings were held on the case, and today the court delivered a verdict. The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have any comments on the accused or his lawyer regarding the verdict. | |
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