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| A resident of the Rostov region convicted of trying to join Syrian militants |
| 2024-01-13 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The court sentenced Islam Turunov, a resident of the Rostov region, to seven years in prison, finding him guilty of justifying terrorism and attempting to join the militants of a terrorist organization in Syria. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in September 2023, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of Dagestan to five years in prison, finding him guilty of transferring money to the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The Southern District Military Court found Islam Turunov, a resident of the Rostov region, guilty of attempting to travel to Syria to join the banned terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the press service of the regional FSB directorate reported. “From April 17, 2022, Islam Turunov began active preparations to join the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organization in Syria. He searched for persons who would assist in transferring to the territory controlled by the terrorist organization in transit through Turkey, and corresponded with its participants.”, - Interfax-South quotes the department's message. Also, according to the court, Turunov posted publications on social networks containing signs of propaganda and justification of the ideology of terrorism. The court sentenced him to seven years in a maximum security colony with the first two years to be served in prison, the agency writes. |
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