Vasil Gafurov
Vasil Gafurov, born 1987, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “The fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (April 8, 2026): sentence unknown. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
sentence unknown
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, being one of the leaders of the Tatarstan structure of the international terrorist organisation "Party of Islamic Liberation" ("Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"), in the period from July 2021 to February 2, 2024, together with Bagautdinov he organised Mudarisov's participation in it.
Latest event
April 8, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court issued a ruling.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Criminal case
The fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 2-149/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Albert Bagautdinov — Imprisoned
- Rishat Mudarisov — Imprisoned
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
620019 Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Репина, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Гафуров Василь Анварович, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Born in Uzbekistan, resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. On 5 February 2024 he was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. A number of human rights activists consider the recognition of the party as a terrorist organisation groundless, as the party was not involved in committing terrorist acts. On 8 April 2026, Gafurov was sentenced, details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.