Murat Baltabaev
Murat Baltabaev, born 1965, Omsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Tablighi Jamaat case in Omsk”. Sentence (March 30, 2022): 1 year 6 months conditioned prison sentence, ban on participation in the work of public organisations for 3 years… Status: at large.
In brief
Omsk Oblast · Omsk · Manual workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year 6 months
conditioned prison sentence, ban on participation in the work of public organisations for 3 years, restriction of freedom for 8 months.
First instance, January 13, 2022: fine of 20,000 roubles
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was recruited by Dusekenov into a "cell" of Tablighi Jamaat, which functioned from July 24 2020 to April 3 2021, together with Mamytov. Mamytov and Baltabaev were charged with propaganda of Tablighi Jamaat activities among the local population. They allegedly "gave sermons, spreading the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat using specialised religious literature".
Latest event
May 16, 2025 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 1 year 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Tablighi Jamaat case in Omsk
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Tablighi Jamaat case in Omsk
Other defendants in the case
- Sultan Dusekenov — At large, 2 years
- Abdimomun Mamytov — At large, 1 year 6 months
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Omsk
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained in the spring of 2021 as part of a group of 11 people. Four other detainees then became witnesses in the case, the rest - citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan - were deported from Russia under court decisions.
On 13 January 2022, the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk found Sultan Dyusekenov, Abdimomun Mamytov and Murat Baltabaev guilty. All of them were sentenced to a fine of between 20,000 and 90,000 roubles.
On 30 March, the Omsk Regional Court considered the prosecutor's appeal and toughened the sentence. Baltabaev was given a year and a half suspended sentence with additional punishments in the form of a three-year ban on participation in the work of public organisations and restriction of freedom for eight months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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