Farkhod Bazarov
Farkhod Bazarov, born 1986, 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 Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov”. Sentence (March 9, 2022): 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Tver Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
15 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty
Upheld March 28, 2023
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 one of the ordinary participants of a "Hizb ut-Tahrir" cellwho, using covert methods during meetings, spread terrorist ideology among residents of the peninsula and recruited Crimean Muslims into the organisation; also took part in preparations to overthrow the constitutional order.
Latest event
December 9, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 15 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Persecution begins
The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov
Criminal case
The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov
Other defendants in the case
- Raim Ayvazov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Remzi Bekirov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Riza Izetov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Shaban Umerov — Imprisoned, 18 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Tver Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
171982, Тверская область, г. Бежецк, ул. Новая, 60 а, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Базаров Фарход Эгамбердиевич, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
"Crimean Solidarity" activist. On 27 March 2019, he was detained following a search and the same day placed in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which has nothing to do with terrorism. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Bazarov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. In August, it became known that the charge was reclassified from organising the activities of a terrorist organisation to participating in them. On 10 March 2022, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.