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IIyas Belkharoev

Not in RussiaChecked October 18, 2026

IIyas Belkharoev, born 1987, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the RF Armed Forces, government agencies or mercenaries…); “The case of Ilyas Belharoyev on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”. Status: not in Russia.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Anti-war cases

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Charges

  • Article 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the RF Armed Forces, government agencies or mercenaries (using official position, by a group of people, falsifying evidence, for selfish reasons or motivated by hatred)
Full wording of the charges

According to the investigators, "while in Ukraine, he joined the ranks of Ukrainian nationalists and, under the guise of credible information, spread statements online that were publicly available, and thus formed a knowingly false perception about the supposedly illegal activities of the Russian armed forces and the government of the Russian Federation regarding the conduct of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, which discredited its true mission."

Latest event

June 24, 2022 — persecution begins

The case of Ilyas Belharoyev on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution begins

    The case of Ilyas Belharoyev on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

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

Criminal case

The case of Ilyas Belharoyev on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Ingushetia. He belongs to a religious and community group of Batalhajins, followers of Sheikh Batal Hajji, who profess a particular version of Sufism, an ancient ascetic-mystical movement in Islam. The investigation considers him a member of the "military wing" of the religious brotherhood of Batalhazhin. Since 2015 he lives in Ukraine. He is suspected of organizing the murder of the head of the Center for Combating Extremism in Ingushetia, Ibragim Eldzharkiev, and his brother Abdulakhmed in Moscow. In 2020, he was put on an international "wanted" list in connection to this case and arrested in absentia.

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