Aider Asanov
Aider Asanov, born 1993, 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi”. Sentence (April 29, 2025): 11 years' imprisonment with the first 3 years to be spent in prison and the rest — in a strict-regime penal colony, and… Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Dzhankoy · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment with the first 3 years to be spent in prison and the rest — in a strict-regime penal colony, and 1 year's restriction of liberty
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
According to the investigators, he disseminated a “terrorist ideology” and recruited local Muslims during clandestine gatherings while coordinating emissaries based in Ukraine.
Latest event
April 29, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 11 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi
Other defendants in the case
- Osman Abdurazakov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Lehman Zekeryaev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ekrem Krosh — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Khalil Mambetov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Refat Seidametov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: Second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy
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Full summary
On 24 January 2023, FSB officers conducted searches in different villages of the Dzhankoi district in Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. As a result, six people were detained and transferred to Simferopol, including Aider Asanov. The next day, a court ordered all six to pre-trial detention on charge of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for a violent seizure of power due to their involvement in the Islamic party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which has not been linked to any acts of violence.
At the pre-trial detention hearing, lawyers who intended to assist the detainees were not allowed to attend, as they were already representing other defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. A crowd of local residents gathered outside the courthouse, and police detained more than 30 people.
Asanov told his wife that the detention centre staff were putting pressure on him and other political prisoners.
On 22 August 2023, the case was submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.
On 29 April 2025, Asanov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.
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- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.