Two Dagestani residents are suspected of extremism.

Investigators suspect two Dagestan residents of involvement in an organization that studied and distributed extremist materials.

According to investigators, from October 2019 to the present, the two local residents were actively involved in the activities of an extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation.

"The suspects participated in meetings of its supporters, during which they studied and distributed ideological materials of this extremist organization," the Investigative Committee of Dagestan reported today on its Telegram channel.

The criminal case was opened based on materials from the Black Sea Fleet Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia, located in Kaspiysk, the agency noted. Investigative actions are currently ongoing to consolidate the evidence base and establish all the circumstances of the crime. Investigators did not specify the name of the banned organization or its activities, nor did they disclose the ages and occupations of the suspects.

The article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization 1 carries a prison sentence of two to six years. Caucasian Knot has not yet received comments from the suspects or their lawyers regarding the investigation's version of events.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in November 2025, the Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala sentenced 22-year-old Dagestani resident Yusuf Gashimov to forced labor for calls for extremist activity.