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Kanan Karimov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Kanan Karimov, born 1977, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow region”. Sentence (February 21, 2019): 2 years and 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow Oblast · Orekhovo-Zuyevo · Extremism cases

Sentence

2 years 2 months

2 years and 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony

Sentence changed February 21, 2019

First instance, December 6, 2018: 2 years 2 months

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to investigators, with who the court agreed, Karimov was engaged in promoting the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat among Muslims in Moscow and the Moscow region.

Latest event

February 21, 2019 — appeal

The court changed the sentence to 2 years 2 months.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    sentence changed · 2 years 2 months

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years 2 months

  4. · Persecution begins

    The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow region

Criminal case

The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow region

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in the Moscow region

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

He was detained on June 28th, 2017. On December 7th, 2018, the Orekhovo-Zuyevsky City Court of Moscow Region found Karimov guilty of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to two years and two months' inprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

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