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Ruslan (Ruslani Talabjon) (Muzaffar) Bobiev (Murojonzoda)

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Ruslan (Ruslani Talabjon) (Muzaffar) Bobiev (Murojonzoda), born 1998, Moscow. Charges: Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion); “The case of the photo shoot in front of the temple”. Sentence (October 28, 2021): ten months of restrictions on freedom in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 17, 2022.

In brief

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Sentence

10 months

ten months of restrictions on freedom in a general regime colony

Verdict October 28, 2021

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Was involved in the publication of a provocative photo simulating oral sex in the background of St Basil's Cathedral.

Latest event

July 11, 2022 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · Persecution ends

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 10 months

  5. · Persecution begins

    The case of the photo shoot in front of the temple

Criminal case

The case of the photo shoot in front of the temple

Case number
01-0040/370/2021

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On September 30th, 2021 he was detained because of the publication of a photo with an imitation of oral sex with a temple in the background. On October 1st, the court arrested him for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demand of police officers. It was also reported that back in April, he was fined five thousand rubles and ordered to be expelled from the country under the administrative article on violation of the rules of his stay in Moscow. On October 2d, it became known that a criminal case on insulting religious feelings was instituted against Bobiev. On October 29th, he was sentenced to 10 months in a general regime colony. He was released on July 11th, 2022.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Tajikistan
Sources (1)

Other people prosecuted under Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code

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