A native of Dagestan received a prison sentence for two comments on social media.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani native Magomed Abdurakhmanov, finding him guilty of promoting terrorism.

The case of Magomed Abdurakhmanov, accused of promoting terrorism via the internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code carries a sentence of five to seven years in prison), was received by the Southern District Military Court in early March and was heard in a single session on March 30. The court announced his sentence today.

According to the prosecution, Abdurakhmanov left two comments online, in which security forces found "linguistic signs of justifying terrorist activity and promoting terrorism."

He posted his first comment on December 8, 2024, while in Dagestan, and the second on March 1, 2025, while in Maykop (Adygea). Abdurakhmanov's second comment was left under another user's post about the activities of the banned international terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, according to a statement from the court's press service.

The court sentenced Abdurakhmanov to three years in a general regime penal colony. The court did not specify whether he pleaded guilty. Caucasian Knot has not yet received any comments from the convicted person or his lawyer regarding plans to appeal the verdict.

According to the Rosfinmonitoring register of terrorists and extremists, Magomed Abdurakhmanov was born in April 2001 in the village of Makhalatli in the Tsuntinsky District of Dagestan. His data was added to the list on April 24, 2025, according to a Telegram bot tracking list updates.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that on March 17, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 37-year-old Abkhazian resident Timur Agrba to 5.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of publicly justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to Russian investigators, the publications created a "heroic image" of Shamil Basayev and other leaders of illegal armed groups in Chechnya. The verdict is unfounded, since the publications did not justify terrorism, but rather mentioned Shamil Basayev as an officially recognized hero of Abkhazia, the defense indicated.