Seityaga Abbozov
Seityaga Abbozov, born 1957, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of the five”. Sentence (November 26, 2025): 13 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 30, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Mechanics · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He was accused of participation in the activities of a unit of the international religious and political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, recognised as a terrorist organisation, banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, on the territory of the Dzhankoysky district of Crimea, and accused of preparation for a violent seizure of power.
Latest event
November 26, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 13 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 30, 2023
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of the five
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of the five
Other defendants in the case
- Rinat Aliev — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Edem Bekirov — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Enver Krosh — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Vilen Temerianov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: First Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy
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Full summary
Crimean Tatar, Muslim, activist, breeder of pigeons and parrots. On 11 August 2022, Abbozov's home was searched. He was placed under house arrest on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 26 November 2025, Abbozov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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