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Gumar Ganiev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Gumar Ganiev, born 1966, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “The case of the Faizrahmanists”. Sentence (March 14, 2019): seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.

In brief

Tatarstan · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases

Sentence

7 years

seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony

Verdict March 14, 2019

Upheld June 14, 2019

Charges

Full wording of the charges

in 2015, after the death of the organisation's founder, former Deputy Mufti of Tatarstan Faizrahman Sattarov, took on the role of the spiritual leader, the amir;. gave instructions to other adherents of the doctrine, induced new persons to participate in its activities, took the oath of office and new members of the group, and collected contributions in the amount of one and a half thousand rubles from each of them

Latest event

November 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

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

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 7 years

  6. · Persecution begins

    The case of the Faizrahmanists

Criminal case

The case of the Faizrahmanists

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of the Faizrahmanists

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

In July 2018, it became known about the criminal case against Ganiev and four other residents of Kazan on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In June 2019, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony. Allegedly, released in November 2024.

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