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The North Caucasus Federal District Directorate of the Investigative Committee has finished criminal proceedings against resident of Dagestan Shamil Devletmurzayev charged with financing terrorism under part 1 of Article 205.1 of the RF Penal Code.

According to investigators, in the period between July and October 2014, Devletmurzayev aware that a resident of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) was taking part in the activity of the Islamic State, a terrorist organization banned in Russia, collected 650,900 rubles on his and his mother’s bank cards following the request of the latter knowing that the money would go to finance the activities of the terrorist organization.

Later in the said period of time, Devletmurzayev continued financing the organization by transferring 370,000 rubles to bank cards indicated by the resident of the Sakha Republic one of which was owned by a resident of Stavropol Territory, who was also a member of the ISIS.

The rest of the money, 280,900 rubles Devletmurzayev spent on his own needs.

The investigative divisions of the Federal Security Security Service’s Sakha Republic and Stavropol Territory Offices opened investigations against the residents of the Sakha Republic and Stavropol Territory respectively and charged them with membership in a banned organization and membership in a banned armed community in foreign country with purposes that contradict interests of the Russian Federation under Part 2 of Article 208 of the RF Penal Code.

The investigators have enough evidence, so the criminal case against Devletmurzayev with the signed indictment has been referred to court.