Shamil Albotov
Shamil Albotov, born 1983, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk”. Sentence (February 25, 2025): 2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of a restriction of liberty. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of a restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
April 1, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
- Case number
- 1-21/2025 (1-128/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Khezir Beregetov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Azamat Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years 6 months
- Shamil Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Aslan Gandaev — At large with restrictions, 3 years 2 months
- Shamil Kaziev — At large with restrictions, 3 years 2 months
- Dzhamal Kochkarov — Location unknown, 2 years 6 months
- Shamil Kumukov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Timur Salpagarov — Imprisoned
- Aznaur Semenov — Imprisoned
- Aslan Tokov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ali Khabchaev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ruslan Chomaev — Location unknown, 2 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in At-Takfir wal-Hijra. Some human rights activists believe that no such organization exists. In February 2025, an official statement was published, according to which Albotov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in April 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.