Aslan Gandaev
Aslan Gandaev, born 1988, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk”. Sentence (February 25, 2025): 3 years 2 months' imprisonment, 2 years' imprisonment, prohibition to engage in activities related to the leadership and… Status: at large with restrictions.
In brief
Sentence
3 years 2 months
imprisonment, 2 years' imprisonment, prohibition to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the activities of religious organisations for a period of 4 years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
April 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 2 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
- Case number
- 1-21/2025 (1-128/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Shamil Albotov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Khezir Beregetov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Azamat Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years 6 months
- Shamil Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Shamil Kaziev — At large with restrictions, 3 years 2 months
- Dzhamal Kochkarov — Location unknown, 2 years 6 months
- Shamil Kumukov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Timur Salpagarov — Imprisoned
- Aznaur Semenov — Imprisoned
- Aslan Tokov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ali Khabchaev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ruslan Chomaev — Location unknown, 2 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in At-Takfir wal-Hijra (some human rights activists believe that such an organisation does not exist) and weapons possession. In February 2025, an official report was published, according to which Gandaev was sentenced to three years and two months in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in April 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.