The Rostov court convicted a man for joining a terrorist organization.

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The Southern District Military Court sentenced Alikhan Shaoev to ten years in prison, finding him guilty of voluntarily joining the ranks of the terrorist organization "Imarat Kavkaz"*.

The court established that in November-December 2025, the defendant decided to participate in the activities of the international terrorist organization "Imarat Kavkaz", whose activities are prohibited on the territory of Russia.

To this end, he recorded a voice message about his voluntary entry into this organization and sent it to another person, who acted on behalf of the organization for further transmission to the leader, writes 1rnd.ru on October 3.

The court found Shaoev guilty of committing a crime under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of a terrorist organization and participation in the activities of such an organization) and sentenced him to 10 years in prison with serving the sentence in a strict regime colony, with the first two years in prison.

Earlier, "Caucasian Knot" reported that on September 23, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don recognized two residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, Anzor Apajikhov and Albert Tabukhov, as participants in the terrorist organization "Imarat Kavkaz"* banned in Russia and sentenced them to 20 years in prison.

* the organization is recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia.

** the activities of the company Meta (owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) are banned in Russia.