MOSCOW, June 13 A criminal case was opened against Ingush militant Ilyas Belkharoev case for participation in an illegal armed formation fighting in Ukraine against the Russian military, writes Kommersant with reference to sources.
“»The FSB Directorate for Ingushetia opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 205.4 and Part 2 of Article 208 ( participation in a terrorist community and an illegal armed group) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in relation to Ilyas Belkharoev, a native of this republic,” the material says.
The article indicated that Belkharoev left Russia in 2015 and moved to Ukraine, and then in 2021 joined the volunteer battalion named after Dzhokhar Dudayev.
The publication recalled that the militant had previously been put on the wanted list on charges of terrorism and weapons smuggling from Thailand to Russia.