MOSCOW, Sept 28 (NNN-TASS) – Russian law enforcement officers, detained nine people suspected of raising funds for the Daesh terrorist group, the Russian Investigative Committee and the Interior Ministry said.
The detentions took place in Moscow City, and the republics of Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria in North Caucasus, an Investigative Committee statement, said.
According to investigators, one detainee joined the Daesh in Egypt, and after returning to Russia in 2015, created a group of about 30 people, who took the oath of allegiance to the Daesh and agreed to contribute to financing the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq.
The organiser of the group used their bank cards to collect funds, which were later transferred to accounts of terrorists on a monthly basis, the statement said.
The Interior Ministry, said that, the organiser of the group is a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, and the group also includes natives of North Caucasus and Central Asian countries.– NNN-TASS
