A native of Chechnya has been put on the wanted list in a case of financing terrorism.

Investigators in Chechnya have opened a criminal case against a native of the republic who, according to their data, raised several million rubles for a terrorist organization.

The case was initiated under the article on organizing the financing of terrorism (part 4 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), which provides for a prison sentence of fifteen to twenty years.

The accused has not been detained – according to investigators, he lives outside of Russia. The law enforcement agencies of the republic have put him on the international wanted list and are identifying possible accomplices of the crime.

According to the investigation's version, the man organized a fundraising for participants of a certain international terrorist organization in January 2022. The fundraising continued in both 2022 and 2023, during which more than five million rubles were collected.

The collected funds were allegedly "directed to various bank accounts for the material support of the criminal activities of the participants of the international terrorist organization," the Chechen Investigative Committee stated in a message on Telegram.

The name, age, occupation, and other personal details of the individual are not provided in the investigation's message. The release also does not specify which terrorist organization is being referred to or on which platforms the fundraising took place. The "Caucasian Knot" currently has no comments from the accused or his lawyer regarding the version of the security forces.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in September, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of Kuban to a long term, whom the FSB accused of money transfers to a certain terrorist organization.

Also in September, it became known that investigators in Chechnya initiated a criminal case against a 45-year-old native of the republic, seeing in a video he published justifications for terrorist acts and calls for violence.