A person suspected of promoting extremism through Telegram was arrested in Almaty.
The 44-year-old man has been abroad since 2024, from where he led closed Telegram groups, gave online lectures and spread radical ideas. All this time his activity was under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior.
A number of his audio lectures have previously been recognized by the court as extremist material. According to the investigation, in 2024-2025 the man received more than 60 million cubic tenge.
On November 11 he was arrested in Almaty. During searches in Almaty and the Zhambil region, religious literature and manuscripts with signs of extremist ideology were seized. The suspect is now in custody and the investigation is ongoing.