Favzi Bikmaev
Favzi Bikmaev, born 1969, Penza Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in the Penza region”. Sentence (November 12, 2025): 6 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty, ban on participation in the… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 12, 2025.
In brief
Sentence
6 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty, ban on participation in the work of religious organisations for 5 years
First instance, October 10, 2022:
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, involved in the organisation of the activities of the banned Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat from 14 December 2018 to 17 June 2020 - in particular, the organisation of preaching trips.
Latest event
November 12, 2025 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 6 years.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 6 years
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in the Penza region
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in the Penza region
- Case number
- 1-3/2022 (1-117/2021;), 1-1/2024 (1-18/2023;)
Other defendants in the case
- Ildar Maturin — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Kamil Maturin — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Marat Maturin — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Firgat Yunusov — At large, 3 years 6 months
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Full summary
A resident of the Penza region. Preacher. On 17 June 2020, he was searched in a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. On 10 October 2022, he was sentenced; on 21 December, the appeal court overturned his conviction. On 25 July 2024, the court of first instance sentenced Bikmayev to a six-year suspended sentence. On 26 February 2025, the cassation court returned the case to the appeal court, which on 26 March changed the wording regarding the ban on activity. However, on 17 September 2025, the cassation court again returned the case to the appeal court, stating that the imposition of a suspended sentence was not justified. On 12 November 2025, the appeal court replaced Bikmaev's suspended sentence with a real one.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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