A group of extremists from Hizb-ut-Tahrir was detained in Crimea
A number of supporters of the extremist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia, were detained in the Simferopol, Bakhchisarai and Belogorsk districts.
This was reported by the Crimea SOS organization, which operates from Kiev on Western grants, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to this organization, security forces detained four people - Ansar Osmanov, Ametkhan Abdulvapov, Marlen Mustafaev and Ernest Seytosmanov.
“Before the search, the investigator presented a court ruling dated February 7 to initiate a criminal case for organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in the activities of such an organization, Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,” reports Crimea SOS, citing the wife of one of the detainees.
Another Kiev organization, Crimean Solidarity, which sympathizes with extremists, notes in its blog that the detainees had previously participated in pickets in support of convicted Hizb-ut-Tahrir supporters.
“In October 2019, Ansar Osmanov was detained... on the road, in the area of the Kerch Bridge, on the way from Rostov-on-Don upon returning from a court hearing, where they took part as listeners in the “Hizb-ut-Tahrir case”... ( Marlen Mustafayev) Actively attended courts and helped the families of political prisoners.
Volunteer of Crimean Solidarity. Earlier, in December 2017, Marlen Mustafayev was awarded an administrative fine of 10 rubles for a single picket on October 000, 14... Ernest Seytosmanov is the brother of political prisoner Enver Seytosmanov, a resident of the Sevastopol region, sentenced to 2017 years of maximum security for involvement in a political Islamic party “Hizb ut-Tahrir”, banned in Russia,” the message says.
According to the FSB, members of the banned organization detained today carried out activities aimed at overthrowing the government by force, and also spread terrorist ideology among the population.
A group of Hizb ut-Tahrir extremists has been detained in Crimea.