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Marat Kadyrov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Marat Kadyrov, born 1969, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 105 part 2 items zh, z applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; “The case of involvement in contract killings”. Sentence (February 10, 2023): 9 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 18, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 7, Khabarovsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 18, 2024.

In brief

Moscow Oblast · Lyubertsy

Sentence

9 years 6 months

9 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Verdict February 10, 2023

Upheld September 19, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the version of the investigation, he “participated in the preparation and planning of, and directly attempted, the murder of Smolsky A.V.” He also stored, transported and carried ammunition to commit the crime.

Latest event

October 18, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  2. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 9 years 6 months

  4. · Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility

  5. · Persecution begins

    The case of involvement in contract killings

Criminal case

The case of involvement in contract killings

Case number
1-10/2023 (1-171/2022;)

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of involvement in contract killings

Write a letter

Facility: Penal colony No. 7, Khabarovsk Krai

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

681005, ул. Павловского д. 12, Хабаровский край, г. Комсомольск-на-Амуре, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Хабаровскому краю», Кадыров Марат Фанильевич, 1969 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

He worked as an inspector and controller of the aviation security service at Sakhalin airport. In 2003, he was given a suspended sentence ofa year and a half in a case of falsely reporting a terrorist attack. On 18 November 2019, he was detained in Khabarovsk, sent to Moscow and taken into custody the next day in the case of contract killings in 2004 and 2005. According to Andrei Paley, another defendant in the case, they were beaten during detention. On 10 February 2023, Kadyrov was sentenced to nine and a half years in a strict regime colony on charges of attempted murder by an organised group for hire. He was considered to be involved in the preparation of murders organised by Sergei Furgal, the governor of Khabarovsk Krai at the time when the investigation began.

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Sources (1)

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