Artyk Kalbaev
Artyk Kalbaev, born 1970, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); case “The third Tablighi Jamaat in Moscow”. Sentence (July 6, 2021): 6 years' imprisonment in general regime prison. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: SOVA Center — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 21, 2020.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in general regime prison
Upheld November 11, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organizing the activities of an extremist organization.
Latest event
April 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — SOVA Center, February 21, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
SOVA Center
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The third Tablighi Jamaat in Moscow
Criminal case
The third Tablighi Jamaat in Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Sharabidin Asan uulu — Not in Russia, 3 years 6 months
- Murza Kushuev — Location unknown
- Aibek Mamajunusov — Not in Russia, 6 years
- Mederbek Seydaliyev — Location unknown
- Aibek Khalmatov — Not in Russia, 3 years 6 months
Thematic group: Third Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat
Details and sources
Full summary
A Moscow resident. He was arrested and taken into custody on February 19, 2020, on charges of involvement in an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely for their religious activities. On July 7, 2021, Kalbaev was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. He was presumably released in April 2025, after which he was detained and later, apparently, deported.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Kyrgyzstan
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.