Marat Bazarbayev
Marat Bazarbayev, born 1976, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The 7th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk”, opened on July 6, 2021. Sentence (March 5, 2024): 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony; previously convicted under Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code; Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code; Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 6, 2023; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 18, 2016.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Athletes · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
14 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld August 18, 2025
Other verdicts
- February 1, 2015 — 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, made preparations for actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power and the forcible change of the constitutional order, and induced and involved other persons in actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power and the forcible change of the constitutional order
Latest event
October 20, 2026 — case status changed
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 6, 2023
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 18, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 13, 2013
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Criminal case opened
The 7th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Other defendants in the case
- Valiev Rushat Rashitovich — At large, 5 years
- Rinat Galiullin — At large, 5 years
- Rinat Idelbaev — At large, 5 years
- Vadim Nasyrov — At large, 5 years
Thematic group: Chelyabinsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case
The 7th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Other defendants in the case
- Vadim Nasyrov — At large, 18 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Marat Bazarbayev is an alleged member of "Hizb ut-Tahrir", an organization banned and recognised as extremist in Russia. On October 6, 2011, after the initiation of a case of participation in the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a court issued a decision that entered into legal force on the prohibition of activities in connection with extremist activities, materials of the organisation, including those mentioned in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, were seized from his home during a search. Then Bazarbayev, as well as the other defendants in the case, was charged with preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power and violent overthrow of the constitutional order (after which he was taken into custody on July 31, 2012), as well as inducement and involvement of others in activities aimed at seizure of power and change of the order. On November 21, 2013, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On February 2, 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. On July 28, 2017, Bazarbayev was released.
Bazarbayev was detained in July 2021 and taken into custody. Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and with encouraging others to take part in such activities. On March 5, 2024, Bazarbaev was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Sources (3)
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.