October 20, 2026, 5:33 PMRSSRU

Radik Kabirov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Radik Kabirov, born 1975, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (February 3, 2016): Six years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 5, 2020.

In brief

Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

6 years

Six years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted liberty

Verdict February 3, 2016

Upheld June 22, 2016

Charges

Full wording of the charges

held meetings, studied "Hizb ut-Tahrir" literature, recruited new people into the organisation

Latest event

April 14, 2021 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  3. · Persecution ends

  4. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

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

Criminal case

The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Second Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

In October 2014, he was searched. On 23 April 2015, he was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for a violent seizure of power for being a member of "Hizb ut-Tahrir". On 4 February 2016, sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony. He was released in April 2021.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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