October 20, 2026, 4:38 PMRSSRU

Timur Khabibullin

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Timur Khabibullin, born 1987, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Fourth Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentenced on November 25, 2022. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 1, 2021; place of detention: Pre-trial detention unit No. 2, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 12, 2023.

In brief

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

Sentence

11 years

Imprisonment (strict regime)

Verdict November 25, 2022

Upheld August 28, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he was a member of a cell of a banned terrorist organisation.

Latest event

August 28, 2024 — 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. · Imprisonment begins

    Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region

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

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  4. · First-instance verdict

    upheld · 11 years

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

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

Criminal case

Fourth Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Other defendants in the case

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Facility: Pre-trial detention unit No. 2, Sverdlovsk Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

620019, Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Малышева, 2б, ПФРСИ при ФКУ ИК-2 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Хабибуллин Тимур Магафурович, 1987 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained and taken into custody in June 2021. Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On 12 July 2023, sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.

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

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