KHABAROVSK. Feb 17 (Interfax) - A court has found Samariddin Razikov, a citizen of a Central Asian country residing in Khabarovsk, guilty of plotting a terror attack at an unsanctioned rally in support of former Khabarovsk Territory Governor Sergei Furgal in the summer of 2020, the press service for the Federal Security Service (FSB)'s branch in the Khabarovsk Territory said in a statement.
"The First Eastern District Military Court has found Razikov guilty as charged and has sentenced him to ten years, including three years to be served in prison and the rest in a high-security penitentiary," the statement said.
The court established that the defendant was plotting a terror attack in Khabarovsk.
FSB officers identified the defendant as a member of the Katibat Tawhid wal-Jihad international terrorist organization banned in Russia.
"Razikov was engaged in funding the aforementioned terrorist organization, sought to draw third parties into the perpetration of terrorist crimes, and was preparing to commit a terror attack in a public area," the statement said.
According to the FSB, the defendant was acting on orders from a leader of the terrorist organization.
"Razikov learned how to make incendiary devices, so-called Molotov cocktails, via the Telegram messenger application, produced such devices, and intended to use them during a mass unsanctioned demonstration held by supporters of former Governor Furgal in Khabarovsk," the statement said.
He was detained on July 17, 2020, "while transporting the weapons prepared for use in the terror attack," it said.
Razikov has been indicted on several counts, including financing terrorism, participating in an organization branded as terrorist consistent with Russian legislation, intentionally undergoing terrorist training, and plotting a terror attack.
His sentence has gone into effect.