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| A resident of Dagestan has been accused of inciting terrorism. |
| 2026-03-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [KavkazUzel] FSB officers accused a resident of the village of Usemikent in the Kayakent District of making public calls for terrorism and extremism. The case was opened after a lecture by the preacher was published online. According to investigators, in 2018, the suspect posted audio materials of a lecture by a preacher of an international terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation on the social network VKontakte, accessible to the general public. According to investigators, the lecture contains calls for violence and armed struggle, and also justifies terrorist activity, the press service of the FSB Directorate for Dagestan reported. The criminal case is being investigated under articles on public calls for terrorism and public calls for extremist activity. "Currently, measures are being taken to establish all the circumstances of the crime and the persons involved," the press service clarified. Investigators did not specify in the report which preacher was being referred to or the specific topic of his lectures. The name of the banned terrorist organization was also not provided. Related: Kayakent District: 2021-09-28 Dagestan militant convicted in the case of financing militants Related: Dagestan: 2026-02-24 Participants in a memorial rally in Ingushetia called for commemoration of the victims of deportation Dagestan: 2026-02-20 FSB has released footage from a Transbaikal penal colony where a terrorist cell was busted Dagestan: 2026-02-19 A Dagestani resident has been convicted of murdering the rector of the Institute of Theology, Sadikov |
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