Murat Kabardaev
Murat Kabardaev, born 1988, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Six Karachay-Cherkessia residents' case of involvement in Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk”. Sentenced on October 27, 2025. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Karachay-Cherkessia · Cherkessk · Extremism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld February 10, 2026
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
February 10, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Six Karachay-Cherkessia residents' case of involvement in Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
Criminal case
Six Karachay-Cherkessia residents' case of involvement in Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
- Case number
- 1-84/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Arsen Aichepshev — Imprisoned, 3 years
- Khasin Kabardaev — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
- Nazir Koshev — Imprisoned
- Murat Mulazhev — Imprisoned, 2 years 9 months
- Mikhail Smadich — Imprisoned, 2 years 8 months
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Full summary
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia was taken into custody on May 28, 2024, on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization in connection with alleged participation in At-Takfir Wal-Hijra. Some scholars and human rights advocates believe that such an organization does not exist. On October 27, 2025, Kabardaev was sentenced to imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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