Ilmir Imaev
- Criminal Code
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 306 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 3 years 5 months
- Date of verdict
- 2014-12-17
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- Kazan
Case summary
A criminal case was opened against Ilmir Imaev and other members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kazan in connection with a number of actions using symbols of the banned movement, including pickets and car rallies, which were dedicated to the ban on translation of the Koran and persecution of Muslims; In addition, Imaev was charged with knowingly making a false denunciation, apparently on the basis of an open appeal to the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov about the persecution of Muslims; on 13 January 2014, a search took place, Imaev was detained, but then released on his own recognizance; on 9 April, he was placed in pre-trial detention; on 18 December 2014, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony; on 3 July 2015, the court of appeal reduced the term by a month. Transferred to a general regime colony, then to a tuberculosis dispensary. Released on 21 July 2017
Others charged under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.