Barakh Chemurziev
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-12-15
- Region
- Ingushetia
- City
- Magas
Case summary
A resident of Ingushetia. On 3 April 2019, he was detained on charges of organising violence against police officers at a rally on 27 March 2019 and sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. At the end of December 2019, a case on participation in the activities of an extremist group was opened.
On 16 March 2021, he went on hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial due to the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 March, he stopped his hunger strike after appeals from the public.
On 15 December, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. He was released in February 2025.
In July 2025, the court imposed eight years of administrative supervision on Chemurziev, under which he is not allowed to leave his place of residence without notification, must report to the police once a month, and must seek approval for any trips advance. He is also prohibited from participating in rallies, demonstrations and marches.
Others charged under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.