Evgeny Kulagin
Evgeny Kulagin, born 1981, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa”. Sentence (April 8, 2015): seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 13, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, June 8, 2014.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
7 years
seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the organisation of Hizb ut-Tahrir activities and in preparations for the violent change of the constitutional order
Latest event
April 15, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, April 13, 2015
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 8, 2014
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa
Other defendants in the case
- Aidar Garifianov — At large, 6 years
- Rasim Satayev — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Alexey Khamadeev — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Details and sources
Full summary
Along with three other residents of Bashkiria, was accused of participation in the activities of the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party), which was declared a terrorist organisation in 2003 at a closed session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as of "preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power, as well as violent change of the constitutional order"; According to the FSB, in 2011-2012 he created a regional subdivision of the banned organisation in Bashkiria and was engaged in recruiting supporters and organising pickets, rallies and conferences to promote the ideas of his organisation, as well as distributing propaganda materials with calls "to overthrow and change the social and political order by armed means". He has been detained since August 2013. In April 2015, he was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.
He was released in April 2020.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.