A second Chechen resident has been charged under the article on searching for extremist materials.

The Achkhoy-Martan Court of Chechnya received an administrative case against a local resident accused of searching for prohibited materials online. His case is the fifth known instance of this statute being applied in Russia and the second in Chechnya.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in January, the Naursky District Court of Chechnya registered an administrative case against local resident Isa Magamadov under the statute of searching for "extremist materials." This case marks the second known prosecution under the statute of searches for "extremist" content (Article 13.53 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) in Russia.

A report under the article on searching for prohibited materials (Article 13.53 of the CAO) was filed against a resident of the Chechen village of Achkhoy-Martan. His administrative case was submitted to the Achkhoy-Martan District Court of Chechnya on June 22, Mediazona* reported.

The report was filed against Anzor Suleimanov. According to the publication, he is 22 years old. Journalists attempted to contact the young man, but he did not answer their calls. The case file on the court's website does not yet indicate a scheduled hearing date.

The case of the Achkhoy-Martan resident is the fifth known instance of Article 13.53 of the Code of Administrative Offenses being applied in Russia and the second in Chechnya. The first report was filed in the Sverdlovsk Region, under which nurse Sergei Glukhikh was fined three thousand rubles. Two more administrative cases under this article were opened in the Kemerovo Region.

The article provides for a fine of three to five thousand rubles.

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