Elmar Mamedov
Elmar Mamedov, born 1988, Samara Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “"Hizb-ut-Tahrir" case in Tolyatti”. Sentence (March 2, 2021): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 23, 2019; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 19, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 19, 2020.
In brief
Samara Oblast · Tolyatti · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld August 26, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He was a member of the banned Islamic political party 'Hizb ut-Tahrir' and was involved in publicly justifying terrorism.
Latest event
August 26, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, November 19, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 19, 2020
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast
· Persecution begins
"Hizb-ut-Tahrir" case in Tolyatti
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
"Hizb-ut-Tahrir" case in Tolyatti
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Khairutdinov — Imprisoned, 11 years
Thematic group: "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case in Togliatti
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
620024, Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Елизаветинское шоссе, д. 19, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Мамедов Эльмар Расул оглы, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Tolyatti. On 23 September 2019, he was detained in a terrorist organization case for alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which has no connection to terrorism. On 28 September, the court sent him to custody. It later became known that Mammadov was also charged of publicly justifying terrorism.
On 2 March 2021 he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony. On 17 June, the appellate court sent the case for review. On 13 February 2024, the same sentence was issued.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.