Zelimkhan Ganzhuev
Zelimkhan Ganzhuev, born 1985, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Zelimkhan Ganzhuev's case”. Sentence (December 22, 2023): 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · NULL · Religious figures · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years 6 months
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld May 31, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he became the leader of the organisation in the penal colony after the previous leader was released. According to Ganzhuev, a group of Muslims who merely prayed together and communicated with one another was classified as an extremist organisation.
Latest event
May 31, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Zelimkhan Ganzhuev's case
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Full summary
He was imprisoned in colony No. 12 in Nizhny Novgorod region, where a criminal case for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated against him. Ganzhuev himself stated that the charges were brought because he refused to cooperate with the FSB. His lawyer asserted that his client did not know some of the other defendants in the case and did not participate in the organisation’s activities at all. Ganzhuev was charged with involvement in the activities of the movement “At-Takfir wal-Hijra”; some experts believe that there is no evidence that such a movement exists. According to Ganzhuev, the authorities classified as an extremist organisation a group of Muslims who merely prayed together and communicated with one another. On 22 December 2023, he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.
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