DUSHANBE, December 2, 2015, Asia-Plus – The 18-year-old Tajik woman, Mavzouna Mazoriyeva, will stand trial in Russia on terrorism propaganda charges.

According to the Vladimir Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, criminal proceedings have been instituted against Mazoriyeva under the provisions of Article 280 (2) of Russia’s Penal Code – public calls for extremist activities.

Mazoriyeva had reportedly placed materials propagating religious extremism on the Internet, calling to carrying out extremist activity.

Mavzouna Mazoriyeva has fully admitted her guilt, the Vladimir Oblast Prosecutor’s Office said.

That is not the first case of detention of Tajik nationals in Russia for propagating Islamic extremism.

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service has reported that a court in Russia''s northwestern city of Arkhangelsk sentenced a Tajik man to three years in prison on November 11.  The 20-year-old Shahboz Azimov, who was detained in April this year, was found guilty of inciting hatred, making public calls for terrorism, and publicly justifying terrorism via the Internet.

Investigators say that Azimov had placed materials on the Internet calling on Muslims in Russia to launch jihad against non-Muslims and to join Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria. 

Police say they found booklets and electronic materials with text propagating religious extremism in Azimov''s residence in Arkhangelsk.