Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 23
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
Financial Monitoring Service of Azerbaijan’s Financial Markets Supervision Authority has added Russian citizen Rustam Aselderov to the list of persons subject to international sanctions for their support of terrorism, said a report of Financial Monitoring Service posted on its website.
Aselderov is wanted by the authorities of the Russian Federation for terrorism crimes, the Financial Monitoring Service said in its message.
He leads a group of over 160 terrorist fighters, which operates in the Republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia of Russian Federation, according to the message.
This is the 19th change made to the list in 2016. The list is updated in accordance with the UN Security Council's decisions and the information received from regional organizations.
According to an order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan, the list is approved and updated on the recommendations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.