A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia has been arrested in a case of financing terrorism.

Investigators in Karachay-Cherkessia have charged a local resident with transferring money to a terrorist organization. The man has been sent to a pre-trial detention center.

The case was initiated based on materials from the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasus Federal District. The resident of Karachay-Cherkessia is accused of financing terrorism (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia). This article provides for a prison sentence of eight to fifteen years.

According to the prosecution's version, in 2024, the defendant, holding radical views, transferred money for the needs of an organization that is recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia, the Investigative Committee of Karachay-Cherkessia reported on its Telegram channel.

The agency does not clarify what exactly the defendant's "radical views" consisted of. The name of the organization, the amount, and the specific date of the transfer are also not disclosed.

The court, at the request of the investigation, has placed the defendant in custody. The name, age, and occupation of the accused are not mentioned in the publication.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that a resident of Kalmykia was arrested in June on similar charges of financing terrorism. Previously, at the end of May, a court sentenced Arsen Biymurzaev, a native of the Stavropol Territory, to ten years in prison, finding him guilty of raising 2.7 million rubles to finance the activities of militants.