Aziz Akhtemov
Aziz Akhtemov, born 1996, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 222.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment, or carrying of explosives or…); Article 226.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal movement across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union or the State border of the…); Article 281 part 2 items a, b, Russian Criminal Code (Committing sabotage activities by an organized group of persons by prior conspiracy, resulting in…); “Case of undermining a gas pipeline in Crimea”. Sentence (September 20, 2022): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 1, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 10, Altai Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 21, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Electricians · Terrorism cases
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld November 20, 2024
Charges
- Article 222.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment, or carrying of explosives or explosive devices committed by an organized group of people
- Article 226.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal movement across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union or the State border of the Russian Federation with the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union of strategically important goods and resources, cultural values, especially valuable wild animals, aquatic biological resources, plants and mushrooms, committed by an organized group
- Article 281 part 2 items a, b, Russian Criminal Code — Committing sabotage activities by an organized group of persons by prior conspiracy, resulting in significant property damage or other serious consequences;
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, on the instructions of the former guard of the spiritual leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev Riza Yagyaev-Veliulaev participated in the undermining of the gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoye: he went to the site several times and took photos, in the evening of 22 August 2021 brought the device to the gas pipeline and buried it.
Latest event
November 20, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 21, 2023
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Persecution begins
Case of undermining a gas pipeline in Crimea
· 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
Criminal case
Case of undermining a gas pipeline in Crimea
Other defendants in the case
- Asan Akhtemov — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Nariman Dzhelyal (Dzhelyalov) — At large, 17 years
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 10, Altai Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
658209, ул. Тракторная д. 26 А, Алтайский Край, г. Рубцовск, ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Алтайскому краю», Ахтемов Азиз Эскендерович, 1996 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He detained on the night of 4 September 2021, taken to an unknown destination. In the early morning, in the absence of a lawyer, he wrote a confession of guilt. The protocol of detention was not completed until late in the evening of 4 September. Ten days later, Akhtemov told his lawyer under an agreement that he had been tortured with electric shocks and beaten. In December it was reported that Akhtemov was not being given letters in the pre-trial detention centre. On 21 September 2022, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony. In June 2023, it was reported that Akhtemov was being tortured in the pre-trial detention centre.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
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