Ruslan Gabidullin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesExtremism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 19 years
- Date of verdict
- 2020-02-04
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- Kazan
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Удмуртской Республике»
- Address for letters
- 427011, Удмуртская Республика, Завьяловский район, пос. Хохряки, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Удмуртской Республике», Габидуллин Руслан Рафисович, 1984 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 17 July 2019
This is the assessment of the organisation named above, not ours. FACTUM reports it with attribution and does not make its own.
Case summary
Resident of Kazan. On 14 March 2017, detained after a search and then arrested on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.
On 25 December, a charge of incitement to hatred was added, and on 8 January 2018, a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added.
On 5 February 2020, sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.1 part 1, 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.