Fanis Akhmetshin
Fanis Akhmetshin, born 1963, Bashkortostan. 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); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony; a fine of 400,000 roubles; and 1 year's restriction of… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony; a fine of 400,000 roubles; and 1 year's restriction of liberty.nUnder Part 2 of Article 282.2, a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from the punishment
Upheld September 20, 2020
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
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
He participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and prepared for a violent seizure of power.
Latest event
February 1, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 3, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2016
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The case of the twenty-one
Criminal case
The case of the twenty-one
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Akhmetov — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Linar Vakhitov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rustem Galliamov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ilgiz Gimaletdinov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Azamat Kaiumov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Kornev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Rustem Latypov — At large, 8 years
- Radmir Maksutov — At large, 10 years
- Farid Mustafaev — At large, 11 years
- Khalil Mustafin — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Rinat Nurlygaianov — Imprisoned, 24 years
- Artur Salimov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Irek Tagirov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Aramis Fazylov — At large, 5 years
- Danis Faizrakhmanov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rafael Fattakhov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ruslan Fattakhov — At large, 10 years
- Rustem Khamzin — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Shamil Sharipov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ural Iakupov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects for participation in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism.
He was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016, a charge of preparation for the violent seizure of power was added. On 16 December 2017, he was transferred to a prison hospital due to a blood clot in his leg. After that, the judge separated his case into separate proceedings. On 30 July 2018, Akhmetshin was sentenced together with the other 20 defendants: the court sentenced him to eleven years in a strict regime colony. Presumably, he was released in February 2026.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.