Rinat Aliev
Rinat Aliev, born 1964, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. 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); “The case of the five”. Sentence (November 26, 2025): 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 30, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Drivers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
15 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
Full wording of the charges
He was accused of participation in the activities of a cell of the international religious and political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, on the territory of the Dzhankoi region of Crimea and of preparation of a forcible seizure of power.
Latest event
November 26, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 15 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 30, 2023
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 15 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of the five
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of the five
Other defendants in the case
- Seityaga Abbozov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Edem Bekirov — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Enver Krosh — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Vilen Temerianov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: First Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy
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Full summary
A Crimean Tatar, a Muslim, a driver. On 11 August 2022, a search was carried out at Aliev’s home. He was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for the violent seizure of power in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On November 26, 2025, Aliyev was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.