17:44, 4 March 2026

A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria has been arrested in connection with a terrorism case.

A 42-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of recruiting members of a terrorist organization.

According to investigators, in August 2015, the suspect, who organized a cell of an extremist group, persuaded two of his acquaintances to join an illegal armed group in a foreign country through persuasion and by showing them videos about an international terrorist organization, whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation.

The case is being investigated for recruitment or other involvement of a person in the commission of terrorist crimes, , Interfax reported today, citing the Investigative Committee of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The suspect has been detained. He has been remanded in custody.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that at a hearing in the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria to consider the defense's appeal against the decision to arrest Andzor Khalilov, the developer, who is in pretrial detention, stated that he "did not hide or run away." The defense believes that the case under the article on financing terrorism should be dismissed.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421318