October 20, 2026, 5:32 PMRSSRU

Ruslan Fatkullin

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Ruslan Fatkullin, born 1983, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The fifth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (November 12, 2018): six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 20, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 20, 2019.

In brief

Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

6 years

six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony

Verdict November 12, 2018

Upheld February 20, 2019

Charges

Full wording of the charges

He participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Latest event

February 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Imprisonment begins

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  6. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 6 years

Criminal case

The fifth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Fifth Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

He was detained and arrested on 27 February 2018 on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 13 November, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. He was presumably released in February 2024.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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