Vagid Guseykhanov
Vagid Guseykhanov, born 1983, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 222 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition); “The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo”. Sentence (March 9, 2016): 11 years imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and 1,5 years' restrictions of freedom. Status: at large with restrictions. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 26, 2021.
In brief
Moscow, Moscow Oblast · Moscow, Odintsovo · Unemployed · Terrorism cases
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and 1,5 years' restrictions of freedom
Upheld May 25, 2016
Charges
- Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
- Article 222 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in late April of 2014, together with Nurmagomedov checked the operability of a car alarm control unit with a key fob near the Odintsovo city administration, "assuming their possible use as elements of an electronic mechanism to detonate an improvised explosive device."
Latest event
May 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 26, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Persecution begins
The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo
Other defendants in the case
- Yusuf Huseykhanov — At large with restrictions, 12 years
- Ismailov Azim Nazirovich — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Semed Nurmagomedov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Asret Rizakhanov — At large with restrictions, 12 years
- Ildarkhan Rizakhanov — Deceased, 14 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A native of Dagestan, he resided in Moscow. In 2012, he was convicted in a case of illegal transportation of ammunition, claiming that it had been planted on him.
He was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. Initially the case was initiated under the article on illegal possession of explosives, in October the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was added. His flatmates testified against Huseykhanov, who was initially taken into custody, but was later sentenced to six months' imprisonment and released after serving his sentence. When questioned, Huseykhanov said that the explosives had been planted in their flat.
Human rights activists consider the case falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.
On 10 March 2016, Huseykhanov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Presumably, he was released in May 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.