Alexey Botva
Alexey Botva, born 1987, Samara Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); “Alexei Botva's case”. Sentence (November 8, 2020): five years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Samara Oblast · Tolyatti · Drivers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years
five years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Full wording of the charges
was a member of the banned Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir
Latest event
September 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast
· Persecution begins
Alexei Botva's case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Alexei Botva's case
Thematic group: "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case in Togliatti
Details and sources
Full summary
On 23 September 2019, he was detained as part of a criminal case on the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 28 September, the court sent him to custody. He confessed to himself and his accomplices and agreed to a special procedure for consideration of the case.
On 9 November 2020, he was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony. Presumably, he was released in September 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.