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Ruslan Abdullaev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Ruslan Abdullaev, born 1963, Dagestan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Zainulla Abdullaev”. Sentence (April 12, 2023): 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, prohibition to engage in activities related to… Status: at large.

In brief

Dagestan · Makhachkala · Extremism cases

Sentence

3 years 6 months

deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, prohibition to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public organisations for a period of 1 year 6 months, and 6 months' restriction of liberty

Verdict April 12, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, "acting deliberately, on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest, expressed in the desire to stand out from the general mass and get a higher social position in society, realising the public danger of his actions, fully supporting and sharing the principles of the ideology of the Interregional Public Association USSR (Interregional Public Association Union of Slavic Forces of Russia), being reliably aware that in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic of 11.07.2019, the activities of the International Public Association USSR on the territory of the Republic of Komi is forbidden, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the foundations of the constitutional order, the integrity and security of the Russian Federation, inciting social strife, and violating the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of individuals and citizens depending on their social affiliation, and desiring their occurrence, he joined a structural unit of this organization — the executive committee of the Council of People's Deputies of the city of Makhachkala of the DASSR/RSFSR, positioning himself as an active participant." In particular, "in the period from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020 at least twice a week he took part in conspiratorial meetings of members of the executive committee of the Council of People's Deputies of the city of Makhachkala DASSR/RRS and the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR held by another person known to the investigation, actively participating in the voting on the appointment of members of the organisation to positions in its structure, propagated the ideology of the Interregional Public Association USSR to the present persons, and also carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state authorities of the Russian Federation, urged them to refuse to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, and not to fulfil civil law obligations. In addition, in the period from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020, for conspiratorial purposes, he kept in his house agitation materials - leaflets and brochures, as well as organisational and administrative documents of the Interregional Public Association USSR and the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR." In addition, "pursuing the extremist goals of the organisation", together with another person known to the investigation, "in violation of Federal Law No.114 "On Combating Extremist Activity", acting on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest connected with the desire to stand out from the general mass and to obtain a higher social position in society, organised the activities of a subdivision of the USSR International Public Association in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan, having accepted its ideology and realising its purpose of functioning, and wishing to continue its extremist activities in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan under conditions of secrecy, performed the following organisational functions: - not wishing to be detected by the law enforcement agencies, observing strict measures of secrecy, by means of mobile communication using the messenger WhatsApp, coordinated their actions to organise the activities of the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR; - organised and held at least 145 conspiratorial meetings, during which they propagandised to their participants the ideology of the Interregional Public Association USSR, and also carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state bodies of the Russian Federation, called for refusal to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, failure to fulfil civil legal obligations, and evasion of voting on issues of national, regional or local importance; - In order to increase the number of supporters of the cell of the USSR International Non-Governmental Organisation led by them, they systematically organised the distribution of information promoting the activities and ideology of the USSR International Non-Governmental Organisation via the Internet; - Using computer equipment, organised the production and distribution to an unlimited number of persons of propaganda materials such as leaflets, notices and brochures calling for the achievement of the above extremist goals; - using the services of a printing house, organised the production of propaganda materials: leaflets, notices, brochures calling for the achievement of the extremist goals of the organisation, certificates and letterheads of the Interregional Public Association USSR, confirming the affiliation of the organisation's members to the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR, as well as the citizenship of the USSR; - at a place not identified by the investigation, organised the production of company mastic seals of the USSR International Public Association for stamping on certificates and letterheads of the USSR International Public Association, confirming the affiliation of the organisation's members to the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR, as well as the citizenship of the USSR; - recruited a new member to the organisation, namely, on 25.09.2021, at approximately 14:00 hours, tried to involve by means of persuasion and proposals a resident of Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, into the activities of the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR".

Latest event

April 12, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 3 years 6 months.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months

  2. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  3. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Zainulla Abdullaev

  5. · Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility

Criminal case

The case of Zainulla Abdullaev

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Makhachkala. On 12 March 2022, he was detained and taken into custody on 14 March on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the "citizens of the USSR" movement. On 7 September 2023, Abdullayev was sentenced to two years and two months in a general regime colony and released in the courtroom due to having completed his sentence. The prosecutor's office appealed the sentence, considering it too lenient, while Abdullaev, unlike the vast majority of those accused of involvement in the "Makhachkala Executive Committee of the DASSR", was sentenced to a real term. On 30 November 2023, the appeal court added 6 months of restriction of liberty to the sentence.

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