KBR resident convicted to four years for taking part in the IS

Asker Kerimov, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has been sentenced in Rostov-on-Don to four years in a high-security colony for participation in the activities of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia).

According to investigators, in November 2015, Kerimov, who is professing radical Islam, joined an IS unit. He provided its members with housing, kept ammunition and an explosive device, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

According to the ICRF, in January 2016, Kerimov was arrested; he pleaded guilty and actively cooperated with the investigators.

Kerimov was found guilty of involvement in a terrorist organization and illegal circulation of weapons and explosives, organized by a criminal grouping.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.