UFA. May 26 (Interfax) - A female cell of the Hizb ut-Tahrir international extremist organization has been exposed and crushed in Russia's internal republic of Bashkortostan, the Bashkir Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday.
The Main Investigative Department of the Bashkir Interior Ministry opened a criminal case on charges of organizing an extremist group, the Bashkir Interior Ministry said.
The suspects in the case are three women whose husbands are active members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, it said.
Searches were conducted at their places of residence on May 23, during which extremist literature was seized.
The three female extremists were put in custody.