Khalil Mambetov
Khalil Mambetov, born 1955, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi”. Sentence (April 29, 2025): 14 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year's… Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Dzhankoy · Pensioners · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
14 years
imprisonment, with the first 4 years in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in 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
According to the investigation, acting under the coordination of emissaries based in Ukraine, he spread “terrorist ideology” and, during clandestine meetings, recruited local Muslims into his ranks.
Latest event
April 29, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 14 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi
Other defendants in the case
- Osman Abdurazakov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Aider Asanov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Lehman Zekeryaev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ekrem Krosh — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Refat Seidametov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: Second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
347910, г. Таганрог, ул. Ленина, 175, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, Мамбетов Халил Азизович, 1955 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 24 January 2023, FSB officers conducted searches in different villages of the Dzhankoi district of Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. As a result, six people were detained and transferred to Simferopol, including Khalil Mambetov. The next day, the court sent all six to pre-trial detention on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for violent seizure of power due to their involvement in the Islamic party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which is not known for any violent activities.
At the pre-trial detention hearing, lawyers who intended to assist the detainees were not allowed to attend, as they were already representing other defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. A crowd of local residents gathered outside the courthouse, and police detained more than 30 people.
Khalil’s wife, who has cancer, said he suffers from osteoarthritis but is not receiving any medication. During one of their visits, the couple was forbidden to speak Crimean Tatar language.
On 22 August 2023, the case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.
On 29 April 2025, Mambetov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.