Rasul Kudaev
Rasul Kudaev, born 1978, Kabardino-Balkaria. Charges: Article 105 part 2 items a, e, zh, z, Russian Criminal Code (Murder); Article 166 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal seizure of a motor vehicle or another means of transportation without intent of theft, with…); Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (involving the use of hazardous substances or causing the death of a person)); “The case of the attack on Nalchik”. Sentence (December 22, 2014): Life imprisonment in a special security colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 24, 2005; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Orenburg Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 3, 2015; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 4, 2015.
In brief
Kabardino-Balkaria · Nalchik · Athletes · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Life imprisonment in a special security colony
Upheld January 27, 2016
Charges
- Article 105 part 2 items a, e, zh, z, Russian Criminal Code — Murder
- Article 166 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal seizure of a motor vehicle or another means of transportation without intent of theft, with the use of violence that poses danger to life or health or while threatening with such violence
- Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack (involving the use of hazardous substances or causing the death of a person)
- Article 209 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a gang
- Article 210 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a criminal community (criminal organization).
- Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
- Article 226 part 4 items a, b, Russian Criminal Code — Theft or extortion of firearms, their components, ammunition, explosives, or explosive devices, nuclear, chemical, or other types of weapons of mass destruction, as well as materials or equipment that can be used in the creation of weapons of mass destruction, if committed by an organized group or with the use of violence
- Article 226 part 4 items a, b applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for the theft or extortion of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and explosive devices committed by an organized group of people, or use of violence
- Article 279 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organizing an armed uprising or actively participating in it
- Article 317, Russian Criminal Code — Attempted violence against a law enforcement officer, military personnel, or their close relatives.
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the armed attack on Nalchik on 13-14 October 2005
Latest event
March 4, 2016 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 3, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 4, 2015
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
· Persecution begins
The case of the attack on Nalchik
Criminal case
The case of the attack on Nalchik
Thematic group: The case of the attack on Nalchik
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Orenburg Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
461530, Россия, Оренбургская обл., г. Соль-Илецк, ул. Советская, д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области» «Чёрный дельфин», Кудаев Расул Владимирович, 1978 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Rasul Kudayev is a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria. In 2001 he travelled to Pakistan to receive Islamic spiritual education, in Afghanistan he was detained by the Taliban on suspicion of espionage and imprisoned. While attempting to escape, he was wounded. After U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan, he was detained, sent to a U.S. camp, and later transferred to Camp Guantanamo Bay. In 2004, Kudaev, along with other Russian prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, was handed over to Russian authorities without charges from the U.S. side. Like the others, he was charged with illegal crossing of the state border, mercenarism and organisation of a criminal association, but was later released along with others.
On 15 August 2005, he was kidnapped right from his home and taken to the Anti-Organized Crime Directorate of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs, but was soon released thanks to the intervention of human rights activists. On 23 October he was detained on suspicion of participation in the attack on Nalchik on 13-14 October. Howerver according to him and eyewitnesses, he was first at home and then at a funeral during the attack. According to Amnesty International, Kudaev was subjected to ill-treatment (in particular, he was not provided with medical care) and torture. Kudaev's complaints were not properly investigated. On 4 March 2011, during the transfer of detainees to the new building of the Nalchik pre-trial detention facility, Kudaev was placed in a punishment cell for alleged "violations of the internal regulations of the pre-trial detention facility". Shortly thereafter, he was severely beaten by security guards.
The case was brought to court in 2007. At first it was heard by a jury, but after the adoption of amendments that juries cannot hear terrorism-related cases, a new court was formed. On 23 December 2014, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced Kudayev to life imprisonment in a special regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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