A Stavropol resident is suspected of financing an extremist organization.

A money transfer to an organization banned in Russia has led to the criminal prosecution of a Stavropol resident.

The suspect, a 29-year-old resident of Stavropol, is charged with the crime based on materials from operatives of the regional FSB and Center E.

"Law enforcement officers established that the man transferred funds online to the account of an extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation," the press service of the Stavropol Krai Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

The case against the man was opened under the article on financing extremist activity (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). This article carries a sentence of three to eight years in prison or up to four years of forced labor.

The agency did not specify which banned organization was involved, how much money the Stavropol resident transferred to its account, or when. The police also did not indicate whether the suspect had been detained or whether a preventive measure had been chosen for him. Caucasian Knot has no comment from the suspect or his lawyer regarding the initiation of the case.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that a criminal case under a similar article was opened against a resident of Dagestan due to a money transfer made in 2026.

Residents of southern Russia have been repeatedly prosecuted under the article on financing extremists for donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation*; the organization was designated as extremist in August 2021, so transfers sent since then became the basis for the prosecution of donors.

Thus, in September 2025, the Anapa District Court sentenced Alexander Protasov to a fine of 500,000 rubles for transferring 500 rubles to the FBK*. Earlier, Krasnodar resident Sergey Anosov received a fine of 600,000 rubles for donating 2,100 rubles to the FBK*, and Ilya Bazikalov from Astrakhan was sentenced to a fine of 500,000.

At the end of May 2025, the court sentenced Krasnodar resident Dmitry Dyba to eighteen months of forced labor; his donations amounted to 1,050 rubles. The regional court subsequently overturned the sentence and remitted Dyba's case for a new trial. Following the review, which took place in March, Dyba was fined 300,000 rubles.

* The organization's activities are recognized as extremist and banned in Russia.

** The activities of Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) are banned in Russia.