A case of propaganda of terrorism opened against a foreigner in Vladimir

The investigative department of the Russian FSB Directorate for the Vladimir Region launched a criminal case for propaganda of terrorism against a citizen of one of the Central Asian republics.

The FSB indicated that previously the defendant, born in 2001, was accused of supporting terrorist activities (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and arrested. In particular, it turned out that he contacted a member of a foreign terrorist organization taking part in terrorist activities in the Syrian Arab Republic, over the Internet, and transferred money to him in order to purchase firearms for Islamic State militants.

A new episode of illegal activity was revealed during joint operational and searching efforts of the regional departments of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

“According to the investigation, the defendant distributed publicly available materials promoting the activities of a foreign terrorist organization through a messenger in August 2022,” the FSB said.

As a result, in October, another criminal case was launched against the defendant, this time under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism, committed using the media or electronic or information and telecommunication networks.”