Makmalbek Mazhitov
Makmalbek Mazhitov, born 1996, Sakhalin Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Makmalbek Mazhitov's case”. Sentence (January 17, 2024): 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Sakhalin Oblast · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Manual workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld March 5, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in order to attract new people to participate in the illegal association, he carried out active explanatory and propaganda activities among his entourage by organising conspiratorial meetings and distributing specialised literature.
Latest event
September 20, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
Makmalbek Mazhitov's case
Criminal case
Makmalbek Mazhitov's case
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case on Sakhalin
Details and sources
Full summary
Labour migrant, worked in Sakhalin. In February 2023, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 18 January 2024, Mazhitov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 2 June 2025, his deportation was ordered. On 20 September 2025, Mazhitov was released. In all likelihood, he was immediately detained and sent to a detention centre for foreign citizens.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Kyrgyzstan
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