A resident of North Ossetia is suspected of justifying terrorism.

FSB officers have accused a Vladikavkaz resident of justifying terrorism, having previously come under scrutiny for rehabilitating Nazism.

The charge of publicly justifying terrorism via the internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code) carries a prison sentence of five to seven years.

According to investigators, the Vladikavkaz resident published "messages aimed at justifying terrorism" in an open, publicly accessible group on a messaging app from June to September 2025. A case had previously been opened against him under the charge of rehabilitating Nazism (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Russian Criminal Code), the Investigative Committee for North Ossetia reported.

The investigation is ongoing, and the two criminal cases have been "combined into one proceeding," the agency said in a statement. The investigation did not specify the measure of restraint chosen for the suspect, nor was the man's age or occupation specified. The charge of rehabilitating Nazism via the internet, charged against the Vladikavkaz resident, carries a sentence of up to five years in prison.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, courts in southern Russia regularly sentence local residents to prison terms for social media posts. It is impossible to determine the actual number of such sentences, as not all cases of justifying terrorism are included in public court records.