Lors Khamiev
Lors Khamiev, born 1984, 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 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)); Article 277 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (An attack on the life of a state or public figure); “The case of preparation of an assassination attempt on Kadyrov”. Sentence (April 1, 2009): 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 19, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 8, 2008.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Drivers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld June 16, 2009
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 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
- Article 277 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — An attack on the life of a state or public figure
Full wording of the charges
was preparing an attempt on the life of Chechnya's head Ramzan Kadyrov
Latest event
August 4, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 19, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 8, 2008
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of preparation of an assassination attempt on Kadyrov
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the North Ossetia-Alania
Criminal case
The case of preparation of an assassination attempt on Kadyrov
Details and sources
Full summary
Lors Khamiev is a native of Chechnya. He was detained after May 9, 2007, in Grozny and sent to Vladikavkaz pre-trial detention centre. Then, possibly, he was transferred to Moscow. According to the initial version of the investigation, together with Umar Batukayev, Ruslan Musayev and unidentified people he created a criminal group to commit terrorist acts in Moscow on May 9. Components of an explosive device were found in the car that Khamiyev was allegedly entitled to drive. He was charged with terrorism and possession of weapons and ammunition, later the charge of preparing to organize an assassination attempt on the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was added, though Kadyrov had no plans of being in Moscow on May 9, 2007. On 2 April 2009, Khamiev was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. He was released in May 2015.
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.