A resident of Taganrog has been detained in a case of participation in a terrorist organization.

Investigators in the Rostov region are asking the court to arrest a 40-year-old resident of Taganrog, suspected of involvement in an organization banned in Russia.

According to the investigation, the man became a member of an organization recognized as terrorist and maintained contact with its representatives using a messenger. At the same time, he knew that the organization was banned in Russia.

From August to September 2026, at the direction of one of the participants of the banned organization, he transmitted information about the movement of a train carrying military equipment across the Rostov region, the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Rostov region reported today on its Telegram channel.

"The illegal activities of the suspect were stopped by the officers of the Border Control of the FSB of Russia in the Rostov region," the agency's message states.

During the operational-search activities, law enforcement officers seized items significant for the investigation of the criminal case. The suspect is currently detained. The investigation is deciding on the choice of a preventive measure in the form of detention.

A criminal case has been initiated under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a terrorist organization). The sanctions of the article provide for imprisonment from ten to twenty years.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the court sentenced a resident of the Rostov region, Yegor Retinsky, to 18 years in a penal colony, finding him guilty of arson of a railway relay cabinet and a cellular communication tower in the region.