Arsen Memetshaev
Arsen Memetshaev, born 1996. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Arsen Memetshaev's case”. Sentence (September 29, 2023): Five years’ imprisonment, the first year in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 17, 2023. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 12, 2025.
Sentence
5 years
Five years’ imprisonment, the first year in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Latest event
May 12, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 12, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Arsen Memetshaev's case
Criminal case
Arsen Memetshaev's case
Thematic group: Memetshaev brothers case
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Resident of the Kherson region (Ukraine). On 2 June 2023, the FSB reported that he was detained together with his brother on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which was apparently not functioning at the time of the actions imputed to Memetshaev. On 29 September 2023, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.
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