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Russian authorities say they have detained seven people suspected of financially supporting two extremist organizations in the Middle East.

Russia’s Investigative Committee said on December 13 that the suspects had been apprehended in and around the Moscow region and the three North Caucasus regions of Chechnya, Daghestan, and Ingushetia.

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