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| Vladikavkaz resident suspected of justifying terrorism |
| 2025-05-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A comment on a social network, which security forces considered a justification of terrorism, gave rise to the criminal prosecution of a resident of North Ossetia. A criminal case was opened against a resident of Vladikavkaz after her comment on a social network was noticed by employees of the "E" center in North Ossetia. According to investigators, the woman left a text comment on a video recording on a social network in the summer of 2023. In this comment, Center "E" operatives found a "positive assessment" of the actions of an organization recognized as terrorist in Russia, the republican Investigative Committee department said in a statement on May 28. A criminal case was opened under the article on public justification or propaganda of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of Russia). This article provides for imprisonment from five to seven years. The investigation's report does not specify whether the suspect was detained or whether a preventive measure was chosen for her. "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote about other cases of persecution of residents of the south of Russia under the article on justification of terrorism. Thus, on May 22 it became known that the security forces suspected a 21-year-old Volgograd resident of propaganda of terrorism after a comment under a publication about the counter-terrorist operation in Karabulak. |
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