"An operation was carried out to suppress the criminal activities of a conspiratorial cell operating in Moscow, the Moscow region, the Republic of Dagestan, the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, which collected and transferred funds for the needs of IS," the release says.
A criminal case was initiated under the article "Assistance in terrorist activities".
Earlier, the FSB detained in Tatarstan a member of the Islamic State organization, who was involved in financing it, as well as recruiting and transporting Russians and CIS citizens to Syria. As noted by the Nation News, the detainee was recruiting by order of the emissaries of an international terrorist organization.
* "Islamic State" (IS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.