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| Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria Suspected of Justifying Terrorism |
| 2025-04-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [KavkazUzel] An investigation has been launched into the criminal case of a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria who, according to investigators, justified terrorism in his publications on a social network. A criminal case has been opened against a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism), the press service of the republican department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported today. According to investigators, in November 2023, the suspect created an account on a social network and posted "publicly accessible publications containing statements justifying terrorist activity" and promoting the dissemination of the ideology of an international terrorist organization banned in Russia. "The suspect's actions were identified and stopped by officers of the UFSB of Russia for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic," the department's Telegram channel said in a post. No other details were given. Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for a fine of 300 thousand rubles to seven years of imprisonment. |
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