Tagir Akhtakhanov
Tagir Akhtakhanov, born 1980, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Preparation or attempt to commit a group terrorist attack); Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)); Article 223 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Manufacturing is understood as the creation of items specified by regulations without obtaining a…); “The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the "Kirgizia" cinema theatre”. Sentence (April 21, 2016): Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 30, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 16, 2017.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Terrorism cases
Sentence
11 years
Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld May 15, 2017
Charges
- Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Preparation or attempt to commit a group terrorist attack
- Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
- Article 223 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Manufacturing is understood as the creation of items specified by regulations without obtaining a license in the prescribed manner, where the items acquire the properties of firearms, ammunition, explosives, or explosive devices
Full wording of the charges
was part of a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack
Latest event
November 25, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, April 30, 2017
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 16, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Persecution begins
The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the "Kirgizia" cinema theatre
Criminal case
The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the "Kirgizia" cinema theatre
Other defendants in the case
- Nurmagomed Balakadashev — At large, 11 years
- Inyal Balakadashev — At large, 11 years
- Artur Maslakov — Location unknown, 12 years
- Tazhib Mahmudov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Matlyuba Nasimova — At large, 11 years
- Islam Ramazanov — At large, 11 years
- Ersmak Saraliyev — At large, 11 years
- Aslan Suleymanov — At large, 11 years
- Artur Tekilov — At large, 11 years
- Anzor Tekilov — At large, 11 years
- Tekilov Imran — Location unknown, 12 years
- Sergey Cheprasov — At large, 11 years
- Adam Shavkhalov — At large, 11 years
- Khoso Esmurzaev — At large, 11 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, he was detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the cinema "Kirgizia". Akhtakhanov's interrogation report appears in the case, from which it follows that he allegedly knew that the hostel guests were preparing for a terrorist attack. At the trial, Akhtakhanov stated that he did not say that. He signed the report without reading it, trusting the investigator, who promised to conclude a pre-trial agreement with him and separate the materials against him in exchange for the necessary testimony given as a secret witness. The signature of Akhtakhanov's lawyer was found to be forged.
Human rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of Akhtakhanov's involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.
On 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.
Presumably, he was released in November 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.