He transferred 25 million rubles: the FSB detained a resident of the Moscow Region who financed the IG

On Friday, February 14, the FSB of Russia detained a man who secretly financed the Islamic State international terrorist organization (MTO) *. This was reported by the Center for Public Relations Service.

“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, together with Rosfinmonitoring and the State Unitary Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, has prevented the unlawful activity of one of the members of the conspiratorial cell collecting and transferring funds for the needs of the MTO IG banned in the Russian Federation,” the statement said.

The attacker turned out to be a resident of the Moscow Region in 1986, who organized a fundraising campaign in support of the Islamic State. In relation to him, a criminal case under part 1 of art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (assistance to terrorist activities). During the search of the detainee’s address, “the means of communication, payment instruments, as well as other objects and documents” were seized, confirming his illegal activities.

“During the operational-search measures, a scheme and mechanisms for financing militants were identified, through which more than 25 million rubles were allocated for their needs,” the FSB explained to the TsOS.

Terrorist Financing Sentences

On the eve of the case on the financing of terrorist activities (part 1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), a sentence was sentenced to a resident of Moscow, Islam Otemov. According to the press service of the Investigative Committee, the sentence of the Second Western District Military Court sentenced him to two years in prison.

According to the investigation, in the period from March 2015 to May 2017, Otemov, being in Moscow and being reliably aware of the participation of a resident of Dagestan in the activities of the “Islamic State” in Syria, at the request of the latter made money transfers in the amount of 61 thousand rubles to the bank card numbers reported by a resident of Dagestan.

“Concerning a resident of Dagestan, investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region have opened and are investigating criminal cases on the grounds of crimes under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an organization that, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, is recognized as terrorist), part 4 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the financing of terrorism), ”the department said.

At the same time, in January, a Russian citizen living in Voronezh, Kemran Majidov, was sentenced to nine years in prison with a strict regime sentence for a crime under Part 1.1 of Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code (assistance to terrorist activities in the form of financing).

According to the press service of the FSB Directorate for the Voronezh Region, a man professing a radical trend of Islam repeatedly - from February to September 2018 - rendered financial support to an IS supporter, transferring a total of about $ 2.5 thousand.

Large cell in Dagestan

In November 2019, during a joint operation of the Russian law enforcement agencies (the FSB, the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and Rosinfomonitoring) in Dagestan, the operation of a conspiratorial cell was stopped, which collected money for the needs of the Islamic State terrorist organization *, and then transferred them militants in Syria.

“On the instructions of the emissaries, members of the radical cell from among the residents of the specified region organized resource support for the activities of the MTO, for which they collected at least 10 million rubles,” the FSB press service noted.

In addition, two women aged 24 and 33 were detained. Later, the court chose him as a preventive measure for two months in custody.

They helped an internationally wanted member of illegal armed groups, "adhering to radical ideas and sharing his views." In 2015, a terrorist left for Syria to participate in hostilities.

During a search, they found cards from which 239 thousand and 151 thousand rubles were transferred to militants in Syria. Three criminal cases were instituted on the fact of what happened under Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assistance to terrorist activities).

* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.