18:18, 27 January 2022

Izberbash resident suspected of links with extremists

A criminal case. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

A 38-year-old resident of the city of Izberbash have joined an international religious association, where he studied extremist ideology, investigators assert.

In their opinion, from 2007 to April 2017, the suspect was a member of the "Nurdjular" international religious extremist association banned in Russia. Now, he faces up to six years in prison.

The "Caucasian Knot" has also reported that on February 18, 2021, a court in Makhachkala sentenced a local resident to 2.5 years of conditional imprisonment for publications on the Internet that were recognized as extremist.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on January 27, 2022 at 07:03 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot