Lenur Islyamov
Lenur Islyamov, born 1966, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation of an armed group not controlled by the Russian Federation); Article 280.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for separatism); Article 281 part 2 items a, b, Russian Criminal Code (Committing sabotage activities by an organized group of persons by prior conspiracy, resulting in…); “Lenur Islyamov's case”. Sentence (December 22, 2021): 18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.
First instance, December 9, 2020: 19 years
Charges
- Article 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation of an armed group not controlled by the Russian Federation
- Article 280.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for separatism
- Article 281 part 2 items a, b, Russian Criminal Code — Committing sabotage activities by an organized group of persons by prior conspiracy, resulting in significant property damage or other serious consequences;
Full wording of the charges
He has repeatedly publicly stated that Russia should return Crimea to Ukraine and that the Crimean Tatars are ready to fight for the peninsula. He is accused of organizing an armed formation and carrying out a group sabotage that caused significant property damage.
Latest event
December 22, 2021 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 19 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Lenur Islyamov's case
Criminal case
Lenur Islyamov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Islyamov worked for about two months as vice-premier in the local government, but later he had disagreements with the authorities of the peninsula. Islyamov’s TV channel, ATR, was not registered by Roskomnadzor, ceased broadcasting in April, and later relocated to Kyiv, where Islyamov himself also eventually moved.
Islyamov is one of the organizers of the commercial blockade of Crimea from Ukrainian territory. The Crimean prosecutor’s office expressed its intention to criminally prosecute the initiators of the blockade. On 2 November 2015, it became known that a case had been opened against him for calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. Searches were conducted at businesses owned by the Islyamov family. The Central Bank of Russia revoked the license of the family-owned bank due to risky lending practices. Later, it became known that Islyamov was also being investigated under charges of sabotage and organizing an armed formation.
On 10 December 2020, he was sentenced in absentia to 19 years in a maximum-security penal colony. On 8 April 2021, the appellate court reduced the sentence by one year.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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