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Ilgiz Gimaletdinov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Ilgiz Gimaletdinov, born 1988, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): 14 years' imprisonmen in a strict regime colony, a fine of 450,000 roubles, 1 years' restricion of liberty and under… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 6, 2015; place of detention: Penal colony No. 27, Kirov Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Ufa · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

14 years

imprisonmen in a strict regime colony, a fine of 450,000 roubles, 1 years' restricion of liberty and under paragraph 2 of the article 282.2 or the criminal code of Russian Federation a fine of 80 000 roubles and relieve of other punishments

Verdict July 29, 2018

Upheld September 20, 2020

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and prepared for a violent seizure of power

Latest event

September 20, 2020 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 14 years

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

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

  5. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan

Criminal case

The case of the twenty-one

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Write a letter

Facility: Penal colony No. 27, Kirov Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

612815, Кировская область, Верхнекамский район, п. Лесной, ул. Центральная, д. 5, ФКУ ИК № 27 УФСИН России по Кировской области, Гималетдинов Ильгиз Фаилович, 1988 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects for participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016 he was also charged with preparation for a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

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