A Dagestani man was convicted for publicly justifying terrorism.
A resident of the village of Leninkent was fined 350,000 rubles on charges of justifying terrorism. The reason for the court proceedings was an audio recording he posted on the internet.
According to the investigation and the court, on September 23, 2020, the convicted individual, while at his residence in the village of Leninkent, posted an audio recording in open access on one of the social networks.
Investigators believed that it contained statements justifying terrorist activities and calling for violence, the Investigative Committee of Dagestan reported today on its Telegram channel.
Courts in southern Russia regularly sentence local residents to real terms in prison for publications on social networks under the article on justifying terrorism via the internet. It is impossible to establish the actual number of such sentences, as not all cases of justifying terrorism make it into public court records.
The court found him guilty of publicly justifying terrorism using the internet and imposed a fine of 350,000 rubles along with a two-year ban on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites and channels.
The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Military Court in Rostov-on-Don will consider the case of a Dagestani resident whose publication on social media was deemed justifying terrorism by security forces. Earlier, a resident of Makhachkala was accused of justifying terrorism for an audio recording posted in one of the Telegram chats. In September, a resident of Makhachkala was accused of calls for terrorism for posting a video recording.