Сaucasus held at gunpoint by caliphate

May 31, 2023 22:49

• Dagestan citizen's defence treats terrorism case as fabricated

  The case of organizing a terrorist cell, for which four residents of Dagestan were convicted, was fabricated, the advocate has stated, adding that at least two of the convicts had been subjected to pressure and torture.

April 28, 2023 23:50

• Female natives of Northern Caucasus go on hunger strike in Iraqi prison

  About 30 natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Chechnya, convicted under terrorist articles, are on hunger strike in a Baghdad prison, demanding a revision of their cases and return to Russia.

April 18, 2023 19:01

• Sentence to native of Dagestan for helping IS* member upheld

  The cassation instance has refused to satisfy the complaint against the sentence of Abdul Akaev, a native of Dagestan, convicted of financing terrorism. Akaev had transferred money to his brother, not knowing about his involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization, banned in Russian by the court, his defence has pointed out.

March 25, 2023 16:57

• Kuban woman considers case on financing terrorism as revenge of law enforcers

  A case on financing terrorism instituted against Irina Dudka, a native of Kuban, was the revenge of the law enforcement bodies for protests against the sentence of her sister, who was convicted on a similar charge, Irina Dudka herself said.

March 21, 2023 17:24

• Court of Appeal points to violations in Ingush Daud Mamilov's case

  The Court of Appeal has returned the case of Daud Mamilov, a native of Ingushetia, who was found guilty of involvement in the activities of the "Islamic State"* and sentenced to eight years in prison.

January 05, 2023 23:52

• After visiting her husband in Syria, Dagestani woman accused of links with IS*

  After falling under her husband's influence, a mother of many children from Makhachkala went to Syria, where she joined the ranks of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, investigators believe. Her defence treats these allegations as unjustified.

December 26, 2022 23:46

• Law enforcers report detention of terrorists in Dagestan and Chechnya

  In Dagestan and Chechnya, members of the interregional terrorist community were detained, who, on the instructions of emissaries from the "Islamic State" (IS)*, were transporting people to Syria and Ukraine for taking part in hostilities against Russian militaries.

November 23, 2022 23:51

• Caucasian experts argue about connections of man shot dead in Grozny with IS

  The man who killed a law enforcer in Grozny hardly acted alone, and it is logical to consider the photo with the flag of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”) as a sign of his connection with the organization, researcher Akhmet Yarlykapov points out.

October 28, 2022 19:24

• FSB's report on preventing terror act in Stavropol Territory is the third in a month

  In October, the Russia's FSB (Federal Security Service) has reported three times about the prevention of terror acts and detention of three groups of supporters of radical movements. According to law enforcers, they twice detained supporters of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS)*.

September 22, 2022 01:32

• Maikop woman accused of disseminating fake news about Russian Armed Forces

  A criminal case against Elena Sumina, a resident of Maikop, who is accused of disseminating fake news about the Russian Armed Forces, has been filed with the Maikop City Court.

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