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| Suspect gets suspended sentence for extremist publication |
| 2022-01-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The court sentenced a resident of the Akhtyn district to one year conditionally, having found him guilty of publications calling for extremism on the Internet. According to law enforcement officers, a resident of the village of Akhty posted videos on the Internet that contain calls for extremist activities. The Akhtyn District Court gave him a suspended year, having found him guilty under the article on public calls for extremist activities via the Internet, RIA Dagestan reported on January 5. The man admitted his guilt, the verdict came into force, the message says. The maximum punishment under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for extremist activities using information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet) is five years in prison. The "Caucasian Knot" has not yet received any comments from the convict or his representatives regarding the verdict. The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that in October 2021, a court in Derbent sentenced a local resident to a suspended sentence, finding him guilty of calling for extremism through a social network. |
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