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Aidar (Boris) Halim (Halimov)

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Aidar (Boris) Halim (Halimov), Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Aidar Halim case”. Sentence (October 4, 2017): drop the case. Status: at large.

In brief

Tatarstan · Kazan · Writers · Extremism cases

Sentence

drop the case

Verdict October 4, 2017

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

made emotional remarks about Russians mentioning Putin; repeated in his speech the thesis from his own book "To Kill an Empire" about the "biological death" of the Russian people and stated that the salvation of Russians is possible only after their "getting rid of Putin".

Latest event

October 5, 2017 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    case dismissed

  3. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

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

  5. · Persecution begins

    Aidar Halim case

Criminal case

Aidar Halim case

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

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A case of incitement to ethnic hatred was opened because Aidar Khalim made emotional remarks about Russians mentioning Putin on 11 October 2014 during his speech at a rally dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Kazan who fell in 1552. On 24 May 2016, the prosecutor returned the case to the investigation. On 5 October 2017, the case was dismissed

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