Videos justifying terrorism led to a criminal case against a teenager from Dagestan.

A minor resident of Dagestan will stand trial on charges of three counts of public justification of terrorism.

Investigators in Dagestan have completed a criminal case against a minor resident of the republic. The teenager is charged with public calls for terrorist activity (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code), which carries a sentence of five to seven years in prison.

According to investigators, the young man published several videos on a messaging app in December 2024. These posts were accessible to an unlimited number of internet users, and the videos themselves contained public calls for terrorist activity and justification of terrorism, the Investigative Committee of Dagestan reported on its Telegram channel on February 20.

The case has been sent to the prosecutor for approval of the indictment, after which it will be sent to court. The agency did not specify which court the case would be heard in or where in Dagestan the accused lived. There is also no information on whether the young man pleaded guilty to the charges or what preventive measure was chosen for him.

In February, one minor native of Dagestan was added to the Rosfinmonitoring Service's list of terrorists and extremists. The name of a 17-year-old boy from Derbent, marked as a terrorist, was added to the list on February 11, according to a Telegram bot tracking list updates.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that at the end of 2025, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani native Omar Ismailov to four years in prison, finding him guilty of promoting terrorism.