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Aslambek Ezhaev sentenced to 17 years in prison
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Moscow sentenced Chechen book publisher Aslambek Ezhaev to 17 years in prison, finding him guilty of financing terrorism.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the 2nd Western District Military Court in Moscow has scheduled for today the sentencing of book publisher Aslambek Ezhaev, who was charged under an article on assisting terrorists. The prosecutor demanded 18 years in prison for Ezhaev. 

The investigation considers Ezhaev involved in organizing the financing of the terrorist community for 34 million rubles, he was charged under the article on promoting terrorist activities (part 4 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Sixty-year-old Aslambek Ezhaev was sentenced to 17 years in prison and a subsequent year of restriction of freedom on charges of transferring money to the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia by a court, Sota reports.

The head of the Islamic publishing house "Umma"
...the name itself should be a red flag...
himself categorically denies his connection with IS and any support for terrorism. "At the trial, he swore by Allah that he had nothing to do with this, and said that such a sentence for him would be life. He bequeathed to his sons to protect his honest name," the publication says.

In the case card on the website of the court, information about the results of the meeting, as of 14.00 Moscow time, was not published. Politician Maxim Shevchenko, citing lawyer Murad Musaev, confirmed the information about the verdict, Mediazona writes**.

Recall that Aslambek Ezhaev, a native of Chechnya, has been under arrest in Moscow since April 2021, and since April 2022 his case has been considered in court . During the search of his apartment, law enforcement officers used disproportionate force, members of the Freedom of Conscience committee said. Representatives of the Islamic community of Russia linked the persecution of Ezhaev with his professional activities.
Regnum adds:
The court found that not later than 2012, the defendant, who was an adherent of the idea of ​​radical Islam, organized the financing of the terrorist activities of the international terrorist organization Islamic State (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).

The case file states that since 2012, the person involved has met with contractors more than once, from whom he received money intended to finance this organization.

“Further on, he transferred over 34 million rubles to persons who are wanted on the territory of Russia for committing crimes of a terrorist nature ,” the message says.

It is specified that the defendant is the founder and owner of the Umma publishing house, which was also used to collect and transfer money.

“The books of this publishing house were recognized by the expert opinion as extremist, but the man formally changed the title of the works and republished them again. These books were also distributed among the prisoners ,” the press service reports.

According to these facts, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of organizing the financing of terrorist activities.

It is noted that the investigators conducted searches in the apartments and country houses of the person involved in the criminal case, as a result, technical means of transmitting information, bank cards used to finance terrorism, banned literature, and other paraphernalia of an extremist orientation were found.
Posted by: badanov 2023-02-04
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