October 20, 2026, 2:44 PMRSSRU

Ruslan Asanov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Ruslan Asanov, born 1975, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai”. Status: imprisoned.

In brief

Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigators, he was involved in the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia. As can be seen from the case materials, the FSB officers bugged the activists' homes and monitored their meetings.

Latest event

February 7, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  2. · Preventive measure: transfer between facilities

  3. · Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital

  4. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol

  5. · Persecution begins

    The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai

Criminal case

The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Fifth Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Bakhchysarai

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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Асанов Руслан Ремзиевич, 1975 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Bakhchysarai, "Crimean Solidarity" activist.

On August 24, 2023, FSB officers searched the homes of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai and other settlements of Crimea's Bakhchysarai district and detained six "Crimean Solidarity" activists, including Asanov.

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