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Ruslan Fattakhov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Ruslan Fattakhov, born 1980, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles and one year's restriction of… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Ufa · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

10 years

imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles and one year's restriction of libertynUnder part 2 of article 282.2, impose a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from punishment

Verdict July 29, 2018

Upheld September 20, 2020

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, prepared for a violent seizure of power

Latest event

February 3, 2025 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 10 years

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

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

Criminal case

The case of the twenty-one

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, while neither the party itself nor its members were known to be involved in terrorist activities. In January 2016, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, Fattakhov was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime penal colony. Supposedly, he was released on 3 February 2025.

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Sources (2)

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

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