Gulsum Khalilova
Gulsum Khalilova, born 1995, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Gulsum Khalilova's case”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Journalists
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she joined the Noman Chelebidzhikhan battalion and provided it with informational support.
Latest event
January 28, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Gulsum Khalilova's case
Criminal case
Gulsum Khalilova's case
Details and sources
Full summary
A journalist of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR. She left Crimea in 2015. In 2019, a case was initiated against her for participation in an illegal armed formation: according to the investigation, she joined the Crimean Tatar "Noman Chelebidzhikhan" volunteer battalion and provided informational support to it. According to the journalist herself, she covered the energy blockade of Crimea, in which future volunteers of the battalion participated. In January of 2025, Khalilova was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, marked as a person prosecuted under terrorist articles. On the 1st of April, 2025, a search was conducted on her parents' house in Crimea. As a result of the visit of law enforcers, the journalist's elderly father, Khalil Khalilov, who had been unwell for the past few days, was taken to hospital by an ambulance. According to the journalist, the result of the search was a protocol that said "nothing was found".
Other people prosecuted under Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.