A Dagestani resident was convicted of attempting to create a militant group.

A court sentenced a Dagestani resident to 13 years in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to create an illegal armed group and recruiting acquaintances, including two teenagers, into it.

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Dagestan resident Said-Apendi Aliadzhiev was found guilty of attempting to organize an illegal armed group and involving minors in it, Interfax reported today.

Aliadzhiev was charged under Part 1 of Article 205.1 (assistance to terrorist activity), Part 3 of Article 30, Part 4 of Article 150 (attempt to involve a minor in a crime), part 1 of Art. 30, part 1 of Art. 208 (attempt to organize an illegal armed formation) and part 2 of Art. 280 (public calls for extremism) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, according to a publication on the Telegram channel of the Southern District Military Court.

"It was established that one day in August 2023, the defendant, while in the urban-type settlement of Novy Sulak in the city of Kizilyurt in the Republic of Dagestan, decided to create an illegal armed group. To this end, in August 2023, Aliadzhiev, through verbal persuasion and persuasion, and appeals to religious feelings, persuaded his acquaintances—two minors and one adult—to create an illegal armed group in the Republic of Dagestan," the court reported.

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Also, according to the court, Aliadzhiev convinced these people to acquire automatic weapons and wage armed struggle against government officials, commit armed attacks, explosions, arson attacks on Ministry of Internal Affairs facilities, and kill law enforcement officers.

"Thus, Aliadzhiev ordered a knife through an online store and began actively studying instructions for making explosive devices and substances himself. Furthermore, in August 2023, the defendant created a publicly accessible channel, which he administered, with the banner of the banned international terrorist organization Islamic State on its cover, where he posted a video containing calls for extremist activity," the court said. Publications.

The defendant was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security penal colony, with the first four years to be served in prison, the court noted.

The "Caucasian Knot" in the section "North Caucasus - Victim Statistics" publishes information on victims of the armed conflict in the North Caucasus, and also maintains a chronicle "Dagestan: Chronicle of Terror (1996-2024)".