Kabardino-Balkaria resident arrested in militant financing case

Transactions of a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2020 became the reason for initiating a criminal case on financing terrorism, the man is in pre-trial detention.

A criminal case against a 44-year-old resident of Nalchik was initiated based on materials from the republican FSB department.

According to the investigation, in 2020, the man made several money transfers through a bank application, transferring money to the accounts of alleged “organizers of a channel for financing terrorist activities and members of an international terrorist organization.”

Investigators believe that he made these transfers intentionally “for the purpose of facilitating terrorist activities,” according to a message on the website of the republican Investigative Committee department.

The suspect was assigned a preventive measure in the form of detention, the department noted. The article on financing terrorist activity (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) provides for eight to 15 years of imprisonment.

The "Caucasian Knot" does not yet have comments from the suspect or his lawyer regarding the investigation's version.

"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that a resident of Stavropol Krai was arrested in June on charges of collecting money for members of an international terrorist organization.

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