Nariman Derman
Nariman Derman, born 1967, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Nariman Derman’s case of participating in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion”. Sentence: 3 years 6 months. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 8, 2024; place of detention: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 18, 2024.
In brief
Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast · Unemployed
Sentence
3 years 6 months
Imprisonment (strict regime)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in 2016 he joined the Crimean-Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan.
Latest event
January 21, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 18, 2024
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
Nariman Derman’s case of participating in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion
Criminal case
Nariman Derman’s case of participating in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion
Thematic group: The case of the three of involvement in the activities of the Noman Chelebijihan Battalion
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Facility: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
457670, ул. Северная д.1, Челябинская область, г. Верхнеуральск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Дерман Нариман Маметович, 1967 г.р.
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Full summary
He is a resident of the Genichesky district of the Kherson region of Ukraine. He was detained on 7 February 2024 on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation; the next day the court in Crimea ordered that he be taken into custody. According to his wife, he suffered an epileptic seizure while in court: when he was detained, she informed the authorities about his disability and was promised in response that her husband would be released after a conversation. The family did not have the original disability certificate at that moment – the wife had turned it in, because, in her own words, she was arranging care for him. According to the investigation, Derman participated in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion. Human rights activists believe that by the time Derman joined the battalion according to the investigation, the formation was no longer functioning. According to his wife, Derman had regular seizures in court and could not fully participate in the trial. In October 2024, he was sentenced to 3.5 years in a strict regime penal colony.
In June 2025, Derman was informed that he had been stripped of his Russian citizenship, which he had obtained in 2023 as part of forced passportisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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