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Bakhramzhan Isametdinov

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Bakhramzhan Isametdinov, born 1979, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)”. Sentenced on December 7, 2022. Status: location unknown.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

Verdict December 7, 2022

Upheld April 17, 2024

Charges

Latest event

April 17, 2024 — cassation

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

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

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)

Criminal case

The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A native of Kyrgyzstan, he lived in Moscow. In September 2021, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Later he was charged only under the article on participation in activities. According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of a cell of the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. Alleged members of this Islamist party are prosecuted by Russian authorities on charges of purely formal party affiliation rather than terrorist activity. On 7 December 2022, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.

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