Yakutsk resident faces criminal case over terrorism financing

The press service of the FSB Directorate for the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic said a criminal case has been opened against a Yakutsk resident for financing terrorism. Operational-search measures established that the man, a supporter of separatist ideology, was actively following the activities of a terrorist movement whose organizer lives abroad.

According to the statement, the organizer cooperates with foreign special services, including Ukrainian ones. The man also repeatedly made donations to accounts used by this terrorist organization.

The man has been detained and taken into custody.