October 20, 2026, 4:17 PMRSSRU

Sukhrab Kaltuev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Sukhrab Kaltuev, born 1981, 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 · Extremism cases

Sentence

3 years

Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony

Verdict November 6, 2017

Upheld January 9, 2018

Charges

Full wording of the charges

involved in organising the activities of the Nurdzhular cell in Makhachkala

Latest event

January 1, 2019 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

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

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  5. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

Criminal case

The case of the Dagestan Nurcists

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of the Dagestan Nurcists (Nurcu followers)

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

In March 2016, he was detained together with 13 other people, searched, then arrested on charges of participation in the activities of the extremist organisation "Nurdzhular", the existence of which has not been proven. In September 2016, he was released on his own recognisance. On 7 November 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. He was released presumably in January 2019.

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Sources (2)

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