Dzhamal Kochkarov
Dzhamal Kochkarov, born 2001, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk”. Sentence (February 25, 2025): 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, followed by 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Sentence
2 years 6 months
2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, followed by 1 year of restriction of liberty.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
October 1, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
- Case number
- 1-21/2025 (1-128/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Shamil Albotov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Khezir Beregetov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Azamat Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years 6 months
- Shamil Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Aslan Gandaev — At large with restrictions, 3 years 2 months
- Shamil Kaziev — At large with restrictions, 3 years 2 months
- Shamil Kumukov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Timur Salpagarov — Imprisoned
- Aznaur Semenov — Imprisoned
- Aslan Tokov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ali Khabchaev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ruslan Chomaev — Location unknown, 2 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On December 6, 2023, he was detained and subsequently taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization, in connection with alleged involvement with At-Takfir wal-Hijra (some human rights defenders believe that no such organization exists), as well as possession of weapons. In February 2025, an official statement was published stating that Kochkarov had been sentenced to two and a half years in a general-regime penal colony. Presumably, he was released in October 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.