Ismailov Azim Nazirovich
Ismailov Azim Nazirovich, born 1985, 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 2, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition); Article 223 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Manufacturing is understood as the creation of items specified by regulations without obtaining a…); “The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo”. Sentence (March 9, 2016): 14 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 7, 2014; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 26, 2021.
In brief
Moscow, Moscow Oblast · Moscow, Odintsovo · Drivers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
14 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty
Upheld May 25, 2016
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 2, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition
- Article 223 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Manufacturing is understood as the creation of items specified by regulations without obtaining a license in the prescribed manner, where the items acquire the properties of firearms, ammunition, explosives, or explosive devices
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, no later than 7 May 2014, together with Ildarkhan Rizakhanov, they manufactured an explosive device.
Latest event
November 26, 2021 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 26, 2021
Timeline
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· Persecution begins
The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo
Other defendants in the case
- Vagid Guseykhanov — At large with restrictions, 11 years
- Yusuf Huseykhanov — At large with restrictions, 12 years
- Semed Nurmagomedov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Asret Rizakhanov — At large with restrictions, 12 years
- Ildarkhan Rizakhanov — Deceased, 14 years
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
446214, Самарская обл., г. Новокуйбышевск, ул. Вторая Промышленная, 8, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Исмаилов Азим Назирович, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A native of Dagestan, he worked as a driver in Moscow.
He was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. Initially the case was opened under the article on illegal possession of explosives, in June the charge of preparing to commit a terrorist act was added. Ismailov was testified to by his flatmates, who were initially also taken into custody, but were later sentenced to six months' imprisonment and released after serving their time.
In June 2015, Ismailov was also prosecuted for manufacturing explosives. The cases were merged. The case includes testimony from secret witnesses who allegedly sat in the same cell with Ismailov and heard from him that he was a Wahhabi, that all the defendants in the case supported illegal armed groups and were going to carry out a terrorist attack to avenge their murdered associates.
Human rights activists consider the case to be falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.
On 10 March 2016, Ismailov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
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.