Eric Karmatsky
Eric Karmatsky, born 1998, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Zokirzhon Ismanov, Erik Karmatskii and Aidar Shaikhiev”. Sentence (July 17, 2017): Two years and six months of imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Shop assistants · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years and six months of imprisonment
First instance, March 23, 2017: 3 years
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
December 22, 2021 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Zokirzhon Ismanov, Erik Karmatskii and Aidar Shaikhiev
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of Zokirzhon Ismanov, Erik Karmatskii and Aidar Shaikhiev
Other defendants in the case
- Zokirzhon Ismanov — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Aidar Shaikhiev — Location unknown
Thematic group: Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 11 May 2016 and subsequently taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 24 March 2017, he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment, taking into account a 2013 conviction under a different article. On 18 July, the appeal court reduced the sentence to two and a half years. He was released in October 2018, after which he was assigned administrative supervision and then additional administrative restrictions until the criminal record is expunged.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.