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| The head of the village of Belaya Rechka is included on list of extremists | |
| 2022-07-13 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Takhir Sozaev, who is suspected of publicly calling for extremism in a village chat, is included in the list of extremists and terrorists. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on July 5 it became known that the court arrested for two months the head of the administration of the village of Belaya Rechka in Kabardino-Balkaria Takhir Sozaev, suspected of public calls for extremism. The official was detained on July 2, on the night of July 3, a fire broke out in the village administration building. Today, Takhir Sozaev, the head of a village from Kabardino-Balkaria, was added to the list of terrorists and extremists, the Telegram channel reported in "Updating the list of extremists and terrorists." As of 18.19 Moscow time on July 12, Takhir Sozaev is on the "List of organizations and individuals in respect of which there is information about their involvement in extremist activities", published on the Rosfinmonitoring website under number 9607. The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that a criminal case has been initiated against Takhir Sozaev under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Public calls for extremist activities using the mass media or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet," imprisonment for up to five years.According to media reports, the reason for the criminal prosecution of Sozaev was a message in a village chat in which he urged the Balkars
A resident of the village of Belaya Rechka told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in the village, where more than 90 percent of the inhabitants are Balkars, there were no interethnic problems. According to him, Takhir Sozaev did not issue any official orders and instructions on the need to speak only the Balkar language. There were no comments from Takhir Sozaev or his official representatives regarding the version of the investigation and inclusion in the list of Rosfinmonitoring. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Is Kaiser Sozay on the list? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-07-13 16:29 |