Ruslan Fomin
Ruslan Fomin, born 1986, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 21, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 10, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 12, 2022.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld October 30, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
engaged in "anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called 'world caliphate'"; aimed at "destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the acting government".
Latest event
October 30, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 12, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast
· Persecution begins
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Damir Abdrafikov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Ruslan Bariev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Rafis Idrisov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Farrukh Mahkamov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Shahboz Makhmudov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Turatbek Osmonkulov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Marat Saybatalov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Aidar Tashbulatov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Alim Timkanov — Imprisoned, 18 years
Thematic group: Tyumen case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
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Facility: Penal colony No. 10, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
620003, Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Монтерская д. 5, ФКУ «ИК № 10 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области», Фомин Руслан Викторович, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Tyumen. He was tried in a case of unauthorised abandonment of a military unit or place of service and incitement to hatred. On 3 February 2020, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence in a case of violating traffic rules, causing the death of a person by negligence, and using forged documents. (We do not consider these charges to be politically motivated.)
On 18 November 2019, Fomin was detained after a search. On 21 November, the court placed him in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On 4 August 2022, Fomin was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
Later it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against the Tyumen's resident on the grounds of his conversations with cellmates in the Tyumen pre-trial detention centre. According to him, he expressed "criticism", including "towards current events". On 7 April 2025, Fomin was sentenced to three years in prison, combined with the previous sentence, the total term was 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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