Artur Kaltuev
Artur Kaltuev, born 1986, Dagestan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the Dagestan Nurcists”. Sentence (November 6, 2017): Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 3, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 22, 2017.
In brief
Dagestan · Makhachkala · Unemployed · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years
Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld January 9, 2018
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
involved in organising the activities of the "Nurdzhular" cell in Makhachkala
Latest event
October 1, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, June 3, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 22, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the Dagestan Nurcists
Criminal case
The case of the Dagestan Nurcists
Other defendants in the case
- Ziiavdin Dapaev — At large, 4 years
- Sukhrab Kaltuev — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of the Dagestan Nurcists (Nurcu followers)
Details and sources
Full summary
Accused of participation in the activities of the extremist organisation "Nurdzhular", the existence of which has not been proven. He was under a non-departure undertaking. On 7 November 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. He was released, presumably in October 2020.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.