Mufti arrested in Rostov-on-Don

The Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don arrested on July 28, inclusive, Mufti Ahmed Abusupyanov❶, previously detained for extremism by FSB operatives, who negotiated with terrorists who seized the Rostov SIZO-1 in 2024, the joint press service of the courts in the region told reporters.

"By the resolution of the Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don dated May 30, 2025, Abusupyanov❶... suspected of committing a crime under part 2 of Article 213 and part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation... was given a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of two months, that is, until July 28, 2025 inclusive," — the message says.

As previously reported by RIA Novosti in law enforcement agencies, Rostov investigators have opened a criminal case on the organization of extremist activities against Mufti Ahmed Abusupyanov❶ detained by FSB operatives, who negotiated with terrorists who seized SIZO-1 in Rostov in 2024.

At the end of May, the press service of the FSB of the Russian Federation in the Rostov region reported the detention of the head of a local religious organization of Muslims involved in the spread of radical Islam and the initiation of criminal cases against him under part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) and part 2 of Article 213 (hooliganism).

In the release of the press service of the FSB of the Russian Federation in the region, it was reported that the detainee took part in the activities of an international religious association banned in Russia. Russia. The investigators found that the person involved promoted an intolerant attitude towards representatives of other faiths, including Muslims of other faiths. In addition, he provoked conflicts with the official Muslim clergy, the report said.

In mid-June 2024, the defendants held in SIZO-1 in Rostov-on-Don took two employees hostage. Later, most of the criminals were liquidated, and the employees who were held hostage were released. The participants in the hostage-taking in the pre-trial detention center planned to commit a series of terrorist attacks and sabotage in Ingushetia after the escape, the FSB of Russia in the Rostov region reported.

❶An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING