A resident of Stavropol has been convicted of financing an extremist organization.

The court sentenced a resident of Neftyekumsk to a monetary fine, finding him guilty of financing extremist activities.

The accused is a 32-year-old man who, according to security officials, held "radical views."

According to the prosecution's version, in 2021, the young man transferred funds to an organization banned in Russia "due to extremist activities," the regional Investigative Committee reported on its Telegram channel.

"The defendant fully admitted his guilt in the committed crime and expressed remorse for his actions," the message states.

The investigation did not specify the name of the organization in question, did not disclose the amount of the transfer, and did not clarify what the accused's "radical views" consisted of.

"By the court's verdict, the man was sentenced to a fine," the agency reported, without providing the amount of the imposed penalty. The article charged against him (part 1 of article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of Russia) provides for a fine ranging from three hundred to seven hundred thousand rubles; the maximum penalty under it is from three to eight years of imprisonment.

"Caucasian Knot" reported that under the article on financing extremists, residents of southern Russia have repeatedly been held accountable for donations to the "Anti-Corruption Foundation"*; the organization was recognized as extremist in August 2021, so the basis for prosecuting donors became the transfers sent since that time.

In October, it became known about two such sentences. Thus, a resident of Nalchik, Alim Pshigotizhev, who transferred 300 rubles to the FBK*, was fined 300 thousand rubles. A similar fine for a donation of 700 rubles was imposed on a resident of Volzhsky.

In September, the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala sentenced a local resident to a fine of 350 thousand rubles due to a donation of 386 rubles to the FBK*. It also became known in September that a court in Moscow sentenced a native of North Ossetia, Elena Albegova, to three years in a penal colony for transferring 1000 rubles to the FBK*.

* the activities of the organization are recognized as extremist and banned in Russia.

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