Two residents of Makhachkala accused of involvement in IS*

The defendants were aware that their acquaintance was involved in the activities of a terrorist organization and was plotting to create an illegal armed formation, but did not report the above information to the law enforcement bodies, investigators claimed.

According to the investigators’ version, in January, the defendants learned that a resident of Makhachkala, together with his two accomplices, was plotting to create an illegal armed formation (IAF) in Dagestan and the Stavropol Territory “to attempt on the lives of law enforcers.” He also invited the defendants to take part in the activities of a terrorist organization, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports on its official website.

Residents of Makhachkala had a chance to report the activities of their acquaintance to the law enforcement bodies, but failed to do that. Now they face up to a year of imprisonment under Article “Failure to report a crime.”

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that in June, a 19-year-old resident of Dagestan was accused of failure to report a crime: he was aware of the plans of a resident of Saint Petersburg to create an illegal armed formation in Dagestan, but failed to report the information to the police.

*the “Islamic State” (IS) is a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.