A Dagestani resident was sentenced for transferring cryptocurrency to militants.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Khalid Asadulaev, a resident of Dagestan, to a lengthy prison term, finding him guilty of financing terrorism.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Khalid Asadulaev, a resident of Dagestan, for financing terrorism (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). This article carries a sentence of eight to 15 years in prison.

According to the prosecution and the verdict, Asadulaev, while in Makhachkala, sought to assist the international terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham*. On September 25, 2021, he made a cryptocurrency transfer to the organization's account, the Southern District Military Court reported on its Telegram channel on May 18.

The court sentenced Khalid Asadulaev to eight years and six months in prison, with the first two years to be served in a maximum-security penal colony and the remainder in a maximum-security penal colony. Caucasian Knot has not yet received any comments from the defendant or his lawyer regarding the prosecution's case or plans to appeal the verdict.

Khalid Asadulaev was born in September 2002 in the village of Kardonovka in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, according to his entry in the Rosfinmonitoring register of terrorists and extremists. His data was added to the list in July 2025, according to a Telegram bot tracking list updates.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that at the end of April, the Southern District Military Court sentenced Karachay-Cherkessia native Dmitry Syromyatov to 18 years in a maximum-security prison for participating in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham*.

* The organization is designated as a terrorist organization and is banned in Russia.

** The activities of Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) are banned in Russia.