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Resident of Dagestan is suspected of involvement in extremists
2022-04-22
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[KavkazUzel] A 35-year-old resident of Dagestan participated in a meeting of the banned religious association "Nurdzhular,"
...apparently the Russian rendering of the Turkish expression “Nurcular,” meaning “followers of Nursi.” The reference is to Turkish Sufi Muslim theologian Said Nursi (1877–1960), who was a fierce critic of atheism and secular humanism. Russia’s Supreme Court banned the group in 2008. Russian authorities supposedly believe the organization to be banned in Turkey, and to be a tool of Turkish and American intelligence...
investigators say.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that 1,967 residents of Dagestan are on the wanted list as members of international terrorist organizations, Interior Minister Abdurashid Magomedov said at a session of the People's Assembly on March 31.

A case was initiated against a 35-year-old resident of Dagestan under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The man is suspected of involvement in the activities of the international religious association "Nurdzhular" *, reported today the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Dagestan.

"Participation in the activities of an extremist organization" provides for up to six years deprivation freedom.

According to investigators, from 2016 to April 2017, a resident of Dagestan participated in the activities of the international religious association Nurcular,
...which has millions of followers around the globe, especially in Turkey, has been banned in Russia since 2008. They want a Turkic caliphate comprising those regions of the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia's North Caucasus and Volga regions...
which since April 10, 2008 has been banned by the Russian Supreme Court as extremist.

The suspect "participated in meetings to study the ideological sources of the specified extremist organization" in order to continue the illegal activities of the religious association, according to a message published today on the website of the Dagestan Department of the ICR.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" also reported that, according to investigators, a 38-year-old resident of Izberbash joined the ranks of the international religious association "Nurcular" and studied extremist ideology.

Resident of Dagestan sentenced to 12 years in terrorism case

[KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don found Magomed Ramazanov, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of preparing explosions and attacks on security forces in Makhachkala and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 25, four alleged members of a cell of the "Islamic State" terrorist organization, banned in Russia by a court, were detained in Dagestan, they were suspected of preparing an explosion and an attack on security officials. They found weapons, an explosive device and ammunition, and in their mobile phones - correspondence with coordinators from abroad. On December 28, 2020, the court decided to detain four detainees for two months.

Magomed Ramazanov, a resident of Dagestan, was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, organizing an illegal armed group and a terrorist community, preparing to commit a terrorist attack, the press service of the Southern District Military Court reported today. 

According to the investigators and the court, on December 20, Magomed Ramazanov took the oath of allegiance to the head of the Islamic State * by recording a video message on his mobile phone. On December 25, 2020, Ramazanov, together with three members of the illegal armed group he created, purchased firearms, ammunition, explosive devices, knives, which were stored in caches in the village of Agachaul and in Makhachkala.

They also developed a plan to carry out explosions on December 31, 2020 in Makhachkala, photographed and videotaped approaches to administrative buildings, made maps, indicating the objects that were supposed to be blown up, escape routes, to carry out the plan, placed the detention, the message on the Telegram channel says. court.

Ramazanov was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 350,000 rubles, the press service of the court said.

The date of sentencing was not specified in the message. The section "Courtwork" on the website of the Southern District Military Court is unavailable at 16.44 Moscow time. "The information is temporarily unavailable. We apologize. Try to apply later or go directly to the court," the court's website says.
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