“The defendant was found guilty of the incriminated crime with a sentence of nine years in prison with two years and six months to be served in prison, the remaining term in a maximum security correctional colony,” TASS quotes a message from the press service of the Russian FSB regional department.

According to the department, a man born in 1998 contacted a member of the organization via the Internet who took part in terrorist activities in Syria. Later, the person involved in the case decided to financially support the terrorists and transferred the money to one of the financial details sent to him.

At the end of December, security forces detained four foreigners in Yekaterinburg involved in financing a terrorist organization.

“Jabhat al-Nusra” (“Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”, “Jabhat Fatah al-Sham”, “Al-Nusra Front”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.