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2022-09-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
A resident of the Astrakhan region was convicted of helping a terrorist organization
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The court sentenced a resident of the Astrakhan region to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of supporting the Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham terrorist organization*.

According to investigators, Elmar Muradzade provided support to a terrorist organization banned in Russia from August 2020 to April 25, 2021. He also made five money transfers totaling 6.5 thousand rubles for Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham*.
...formerly known as al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
, Al Qaeda’s franchise in Syria...
The man was found guilty under part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (assistance to a terrorist organization), the joint press service of the courts of the Rostov region reported.

"In accordance with the court's verdict, the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of nine years in a penal colony with the first three years in prison," Interfax quoted the press service as saying.
Posted by badanov 2022-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top
 File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra) 

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