Bagir Kazikhanov
Bagir Kazikhanov, born 1983, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists”. Sentence (February 24, 2015): 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 29, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 29, 2015.
In brief
Ulyanovsk Oblast · Ulyanovsk · Manual workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld May 12, 2015
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
He organised a cell of the banned organisation Nurdzhular in Ulyanovsk.
Latest event
November 10, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, November 29, 2015
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 29, 2015
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists
Criminal case
The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists
Other defendants in the case
- Stepan Kudryashov — At large, 2 years
- Alexander Melentiev — At large, 1 year 8 months
Thematic group: The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists
Details and sources
Full summary
On 9 April 2014, he was detained in Moscow. From 10 April to 24 October, Kazikhanov was held in a pre-trial detention centre, and was then placed under house arrest. On 10 November, he was charged with organising the activities of a cell of the banned organisation "Nurdzhular" (which in fact does not exist). On 25 February 2015, he was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 13 May, the court of second instance upheld the sentence, and on 31 July 2015 a request to refer the cassation appeal for substantive consideration was refused. He was released in October 2017.
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.