Terrorism

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Russian woman sentenced to 11 years behind bars for abetting terrorism

The South District Military Court has sentenced Russian national Darya Bolgova to 11 years in penal colony for abetting terrorism and participating in a terrorist organization.

10:25 23.06.2022

Russian Cabinet approves initiative granting prosecutors status of combat veterans

The Government Commission on Legislative Activities has approved an initiative granting the status of a participant in military activities to prosecutors who served in the areas of counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus.

14:12 13.10.2021

Russian security service averts terrorist attack in one of republics

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested an alleged member of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia, thus averting a terrorist attack in the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia.

12:37 01.10.2021

Five persons receive long prison terms for plotting terrorist attacks in Russia

The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced five members of the Islamic State terrorist organization prohibited in Russia to prison terms ranging from 18 to 25 years for plotting terrorist attacks in the metropolitan area.

13:19 30.09.2021

Neo-Nazis preparing a terrorist attack in Russia’s city of Ufa arrested by court - FSB

Five residents of the city of Ufa in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan have been arrested by a court decision on charges over preparing a terrorist attack with the use of improvised explosive devices.

12:11 27.09.2021

Russia’s Civic Chamber member urges defining of Columbine as terrorist community

The recognition of the destructive Columbine movement as a terrorist one is to give law enforcement agencies additional opportunities to combat such communities and their creators, member of Russia’s Civic Chamber, Director of the Internet Safety League Yekaterina Mizulina believes.

16:26 20.09.2021

Member of terrorist cell operating in colony in Russia’s Kalmykia gets 5.5 years in jail

A military court has sentenced Robert Emirgamzayev, a member of a terrorist organization operating for more than 6 years in a penal colony in Russia’s Kalmykia, to 5.5 years in jail.

11:38 31.08.2021

Five alleged members of Crimean cell of banned terrorist organization arrested

Two alleged leaders and three alleged members of a Crimean cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir banned in Russia have been arrested by the Federal Security Service (FSB).

14:33 18.08.2021

St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack case sentence comes into force

Sentence delivered in case over a suicide bomber terror attack committed in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017 came into force on Monday.

14:44 09.08.2021

Russia’s security officers clamp down on activity of terrorist cell in Tyumen region

Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Tyumen have clamped down on the criminal activity of several members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia allegedly planning terrorist attacks in the region.

15:33 29.07.2021

Twelve courts evacuated in Moscow over bomb threats

Twelve Moscow courts have evacuated its headquarters after receiving bomb threats.

12:29 21.07.2021

Russian Supreme Court upholds $7K fine imposed on journalist for terrorism justification

The Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday dismissed a cassation appeal filed by journalist of the radio Echo of Moscow in Pskov Svetlana Prokopyeva againsts imposition of 500,000-ruble ($7,000) fine on her for justifying terrorism.

12:42 06.07.2021

President Putin obliges media to indicate terrorist organizations banned in Russia

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing administrative responsibility for disseminating information about terrorist organizations without indicating that those had been liquidated or activities thereof had been banned in Russia.

16:33 01.07.2021

State Duma passes bill obliging media to indicate terrorist organizations banned in Russia

The State Duma has passed in the third and final reading a bill introducing administrative responsibility for disseminating information about terrorist organizations without indicating that those had been liquidated or activities thereof had been banned in Russia.

16:13 17.06.2021

Terrorist recruiter gets 13 years in Russian penal colony

A court in Irkutsk has sentenced a national of Tajikistan guilty of recruiting new members to the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia to 13 years in high-security penal colony.

13:23 26.05.2021

MPs back bill banning extremists from running for State Duma election

State Duma lawmakers passed a draft law prohibiting persons having links to extremist and terrorist organizations to run for elections in the lower house of parliament in the second reading on Tuesday.

15:10 25.05.2021

Two ex-policemen receive long prison terms for planning terror attack

The Second Western District Military Court on Tuesday sentenced two ex-police officers of the Krasnodar Directorate of the Interior Ministry Maxim Kotomanov and Dmitry Krasilnikov to 17 and 14 years in high-security penal colony respectively for planning to send letters with poisonous substances to diplomatic missions.

13:06 25.05.2021

Prosecutors seek 16 and 18 years behind bars for ex-policemen for planning terror attack

Public prosecutors have moved to sentence former police officers of the Krasnodar Directorate of the Interior Ministry Maxim Kotomanov and Dmitry Krasilnikov to 16 and 18 years in a maximum security penal colony charged with planning to send letters with poisonous substances to diplomatic missions.

17:37 24.05.2021

Russian Supreme Court upholds Ukrainian ex-minister’s sentence for terrorist calls

The Military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court on Friday upheld sentence passed on ex-defense minister of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko for calls through media to blast Russian trains and cars in absentia.

17:36 21.05.2021

Russian government approves anti-terrorism requirements for children's camps

All Russian children's camps will have system for transmitting alarm messages to emergency services; buildings and territories will be inspected at least four times a day, according to new anti-terrorist requirements for places for organizing recreation and recuperation of children.

20:21 17.05.2021