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[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani resident Bilal Gasanov to nine years in prison for financing the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,
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which is banned in Russia.
Gasanov was charged with aiding terrorist activity through financing (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code), which carries a sentence of eight to 15 years in prison.
According to the prosecution, on February 15, 2025, Gasanov entered into correspondence with an unknown individual located in Turkey. The individual stated that he was raising funds for members of armed groups and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and provided Gasanov with bank card details.
While in Kaspiysk, Gasanov made several transfers to the account, transferring a total of 332,612 rubles,
TASS reports, citing the court's press service.
Gasanov was sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security penal colony, with the first three years to be served in prison. The case was filed with the Southern District Military Court on January 28, and the trial concluded after eight hearings. The verdict was handed down today, according to the case file on the court's website.
Bilal Gasanov, a 26-year-old native of Kaspiysk, is listed in the Rosfinmonitoring register of terrorists and extremists. According to a Telegram bot tracking updates to this list, Gasanov's profile, marked as a terrorist, was added on October 27, 2025.
The court's press service did not specify whether Gasanov pleaded guilty. Caucasian Knot has not yet received any comment from the defendant or his lawyer regarding their plans to appeal the verdict.
The "Caucasian Knot " also reported that in late April, the Southern District Military Court sentenced Dmitry Syromyatov, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, to 18 years in a maximum-security prison for participating in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham*. In May, Khalid Asadulaev, a resident of Dagestan, was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for transferring cryptocurrency to the organization's account.
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