Moscow court jails student 8 years for financing ISIS
Shafaq News – Moscow
A Russian military court in Moscow on Sunday sentenced a university student to eight years in prison for financing the Islamic State (ISIS), state news agency TASS reported.
The court found Arbi Amrovich Dukaev, a Russian national and second-year student at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), guilty of transferring about 12,000 rubles ($130) to an account linked to another suspect accused of dealings with the group.
Суд приговорил к 8 годам лишения свободы студента РУДН за финансирование запрещенной в РФ террористической организации "Исламское государство".Как уточнил ТАСС один из участников судебного процесса, он полностью признал вину и раскаялся в содеянном:https://t.co/iMXSLM85Ux pic.twitter.com/uGFBTrE7VU
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Prosecutor Svetlana Tarasova had called for an additional year in prison, arguing that Dukaev supported extremist Islamist ideology. The defendant admitted guilt during the proceedings, according to court records.
