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| Resident of Nalchik suspected of promoting terrorism |
| 2022-06-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. The FSB Directorate for Kabardino-Balkaria reported on the investigation of a criminal case against a resident of Nalchik, who is suspected of promoting terrorism through a social network. A criminal case under the article on public calls to carry out terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is being investigated against a 29-year-old resident of Nalchik. She, "using an anonymous page, distributed in one of the social networks materials containing signs of public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or its propaganda," Interfax quoted the FSB department for Kabardino-Balkaria as saying today. According to Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, a public justification of terrorism committed with the use of the media or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, is punishable by imprisonment for up to seven years. The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that a criminal case had been opened in Kabardino-Balkaria against a local resident who posted a video on video hosting justifying terrorist and separatist activities in the North Caucasus, investigators reported on June 14. |
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