Enver Krosh
Enver Krosh, born 1991, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of the five”. Sentence (November 26, 2025): 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 30, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
19 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
Enver Krosh, a Crimean Tatar, is accused of organising a cell of the international religious and political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, on the territory of the Dzhankoi district of Crimea, and preparing for a violent seizure of power.
Latest event
November 26, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 19 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 30, 2023
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 19 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The case of the five
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of the five
Other defendants in the case
- Seityaga Abbozov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Rinat Aliev — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Edem Bekirov — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Vilen Temerianov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: First Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy
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Full summary
Crimean Tatar, Muslim, civil activist. He went to trials of Crimean Tatars, covered the trials on social media. In 2012, the court arrested him for ten days on charges of "propaganda of symbols or paraphernalia of extremist organisations". The ground was a social media post made by Krosh in February 2012. On 11 August 2022, Krosh's home was searched. He was placed in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for a coup in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. It is reported that he was tortured while being taken from Dzhankoi to Simferopol. On 26 November 2025, Krosh was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.