Aum Shinrikyo's Russian cadre May 13:38, May 29
A trial of a Russian executive of Aum Shinrikyo, which has been certified as a terrorist organization in Russia, was held, and it became clear that it had collected over 130 million yen in Japanese yen and passed it to an executive on the Japanese side ..
Mikhail Uschantsev (48), a senior Aum Supreme Truth official certified as a terrorist organization in Russia, was charged with terrorist activities and the first trial was opened in Rostov on Donu in southern Russia on the 26th. I was taken.
According to Russia's leading paper Kommersant, based on the content of the indictment, after Ustchantsev became a follower in 1994, the pseudonym "Kawaguchi Minor" was used from 2012 to 2016 to make 88.7 million rubles, Japanese yen. It was revealed that they had collected over 130 million yen and passed it on to Japanese executives.
In Japan, the cult that changed its name from Aum Shinrikyo subsequently split up, but no detailed information about the Japanese executives was given.
Russian denominations held a paid meditation seminar by hiding their names, and then invited interested participants to join the group life, so Ustchantsev was also recruiting in May. Was restrained by
Russian law enforcement officials have estimated that approximately 2,800 people were involved in cult operations, and remain vigilant.