“When coordinating the MTO emissaries staying in Ukraine, these persons carried out purposeful work to spread terrorist ideology on the territory of our country.

In the process of secret meetings, they recruited into their ranks residents of Russia from among local Muslims.

and labor migrants,” the FSB said in a statement.

A criminal case has been initiated.

In March, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found five residents of Crimea guilty in the Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami case.

* "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami" ("Islamic Liberation Party") - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.