Eduard Khusainov (Zaid)
Eduard Khusainov (Zaid), born 1972, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk”. Sentence (July 26, 2017): 6 years` and 6 months' of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 15, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai.
In brief
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug · Nizhnevartovsk · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
6 years 6 months
6 years` and 6 months' of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
First instance, February 21, 2017: 6 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Full wording of the charges
Being a member of the "Hizb ut-Tahrir" terrorist organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation, recruited persons to join the organization and conducted agitation and propaganda work aimed at creating a positive public opinion of its activities
Latest event
June 2, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 6 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk
Other defendants in the case
- Rinat Bagaveev — Location unknown, 6 years
- Ildar Gabdrakipov — Location unknown, 5 years
- Ruslan Shamsutdinov — Location unknown, 5 years
Thematic group: Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk
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Facility: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
614056, Пермский край, г. Пермь, ул. Соликамская, д. 246, ФКУ «ИК № 29 ГУФСИН России по Пермскому краю», Хусаинов Эдуард Хамзович, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
In March 2015, he was sentenced to a 120,000 ruble fine on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation (both then and now, it was "Hizb ut-Tahrir") and incitement to hatred due to the posting of a video with the burning of the US flag.
On 13 April 2016, he was detained along with two other people after being summoned for questioning and charged with involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 22 February 2017, he was sentenced to six and a half years' probation and released from custody. On 27 July, the Supreme Court replaced the suspended sentence with a real one in response to the prosecutor's office's demand to toughen the punishment. Khusainov did not appear at the announcement of the verdict.
On 27 April 2023, he was detained in Nizhnevartovsk city and sent to a colony on 12 May.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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