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| Russian security service arrests 14 people funding terrorism in Syria |
| 2021-10-15 |
| [NPASYRIA] Following conducting separate raids in the country, the Russian Federal Security Service ... the successor to the KGB... arrested, on Thursday, 14 people on charges of financing Death Eaters in Syria. The arrests took place in the regions of Moscow, the Republic of Dagestan ...a formerly inoffensive Caucasus republiccurrently bedevilled by low-level Islamic insurgency, occasional outbreaks of separatism, ethnic tensions and terrorism, primarily due to its proximity to Chechnya. There are several dozen ethnic groups, most of which speak either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian languages. Largest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Laks. While Russers form less than five percent of the population, Russian remains the primary official language and the lingua franca... , Khabarovsk, Kurgan, Penza, Ulyanovsk and Samara, according to Sputnik. The investigations carried out by the coppers proved that the suspects provided funds on an ideological basis. The means of communication and tools used to send money and illegal activities, in addition to bully boy religious publications, were all confiscated. Different kinds weapons and ammunitions were found in the places of the arrests. Criminal proceedings have been instituted against those arrested under the heading "Assistance in terrorist activities." |
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