Zavur Abdullaev
Zavur Abdullaev, born 1973, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. 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 second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (May 31, 2023): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 17, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tambov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 6, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Cooks · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld November 20, 2023
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
Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparations for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
January 13, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 6, 2022
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 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: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Case number
- 1-19/2023 (1-83/2022;)
Other defendants in the case
- Jebbar Bekirov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Rustem Murasov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Rustem Tairov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Second Sevastopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tambov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
392000, Тамбовская область, г. Тамбов, ул. Мичуринская д. 57, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Тамбовской области», Абдуллаев Завур Абибуллаевич, 1973 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 17 August 2021, Zavur Abdullayev's home was searched. He was detained and interrogated, and on August 19 the court ordered his detention on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization. On May 2023, sentenced to 12 years of strict-regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.