A Dagestani man was convicted for participating in a prison jamaat.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Rahim Miteev to seven years in a strict regime for participating in a prison jamaat in one of the correctional colonies in Dagestan.

According to the court and investigation, Rahim Miteev, serving a sentence of imprisonment in a correctional colony in Dagestan, participated in the terrorist community "Jamaat".

The court emphasized that Miteev told other inmates about the existence of this community in the colony, spread extremist and terrorist ideology, attended classes on literature recognized as extremist materials, engaged in self-education of Islamist radical ideology and terrorism practices, reports today "Interfax" citing the press service of the Southern District Military Court.

In addition, Miteev provided forceful support, including in resolving disputes arising both within the terrorist community and between its members and other individuals serving sentences in the colony.

The court found him guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist community and sentenced him to 7 years in a strict regime colony. The maximum penalty for this article is fifteen years of imprisonment.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that at the end of August, the Southern District Military Court sentenced four residents of Dagestan to imprisonment for terms ranging from 6 to 7 years. According to the court, while serving their sentences in the colony, they joined a terrorist community and spread its ideology. At the end of May, the court sentenced four residents of Dagestan to imprisonment for terms ranging from 8 to 23 years for joining a terrorist community.