A native of Dagestan was convicted of justifying and promoting terrorism.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestan resident Robert Vazirov to one year in prison, finding a video he posted of a preacher on a social network to be a justification of terrorism.

According to investigators, Vazirov, a resident of the Republic of Dagestan, published a video of a radical Islamic preacher on his Telegram profile page, which contained public calls to commit terrorist activity and a justification of terrorism.

It is specified that the posting of these materials online was aimed at promoting and disseminating the ideology of terrorism in society, in order to demonstrate to the audience its "validity" and "attractiveness," the FSB Directorate for Dagestan reports.

The Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don found Vazirov guilty of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and sentenced him to imprisonment for one year in The department clarified that he was sentenced to a general regime penal colony and disqualified from website administration for two years.

The case file on the court's website lists the defendant's name as Robert Vazirov.

Previously, "Caucasian Knot" reported that the Rostov-on-Don Military Court fined Dagestani resident Magomed Abulaisov 450,000 rubles, finding him guilty of inciting terrorism.