FSB officers detained in the Kherson region a Russian citizen operating within the illegal armed formation “Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan” (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation). This was reported by RIA News.
According to law enforcement officials, the detainee has been participating in the activities of the national battalion since December 2015, in particular, distributing militants and food to the place of deployment. The suspect also campaigned for the forcible seizure of Crimea and the separation of the peninsula from the Russian Federation.
In addition, Russian counterintelligence officers found that the attacker actively participated in the blockade of Crimea, creating obstacles to the passage of cars with food into the territory of the republic.
A criminal case was opened against Russians for participation in an illegal armed group (Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
Before that the Supreme Court of the DPR prisoner Up to 25 years in prison in a maximum security colony for the instructor of the Azov battalion (an organization banned in Russia) who carried out the massacre of a resident of Mariupol.
Formerly resident of Komi detained for attempted treason and desire to fight against Russia.