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Ilfat Gareev

Not in RussiaChecked October 18, 2026

Ilfat Gareev, born 2004, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; “Case of Ilfat Gareyev on public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation”. Status: not in Russia.

In brief

Tatarstan · Naberezhnye Chelny · Office workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking) since September 1, 2023

Charges

Full wording of the charges

The reason for prosecution in the case of calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was a comment in which Gareev urged Muslims not to take summonses, because "fighting for Russia is like fighting for Shaitan", and in the case of public justification of terrorism - the comment "A girl conducts a counter-terrorist operation, and she is imprisoned... In normal countries they give a medal for such a thing, no?" under the news about the murder of pro-government honkor Vladlen Tatarsky.

Latest event

October 10, 2023 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

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

  2. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

  3. · Persecution begins

    Case of Ilfat Gareyev on public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation

Criminal case

Case of Ilfat Gareyev on public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

The resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. He was detained on 4 April 2023, police officers referred to some "anonymous report" that he was transferring money to the AFU. At the police station he was forced to show the contents of his phone (this was later used to open a criminal case), but was later released. In September, Gareyev was searched in a criminal case on public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. As a preventive measure, he was ordered to sign a covenant not to leave the country. Later Gareev was able to leave Russia.

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