October 20, 2026, 12:40 PMRSSRU

Rinat Mamaev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Rinat Mamaev, born 1971, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Rishat Gataullin and Rinat Mamaev”. Sentence (March 8, 2017): four years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Ufa · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

4 years

four years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony

Sentence changed March 8, 2017

First instance, December 21, 2016: 4 years 6 months

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation

Latest event

January 1, 2022 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Imprisonment ends

  3. · Appeal ruling

    sentence changed · 4 years

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months

  5. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  6. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

The case of Rishat Gataullin and Rinat Mamaev

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects for participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; pleaded guilty, transferred to house arrest. On 22 December 2016, he was sentenced to four and a half years' suspended sentence. On 9 March 2017, the Supreme Court commuted the suspended sentence to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was released in February 2019.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

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