Artur Memetshayev
Artur Memetshayev, born 1989, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Case of Artur Memetshayev on participation in the "Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion"”. Sentence (October 12, 2022): 6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 1, 2022. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 5, 2024.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol
Sentence
6 years 6 months
imprisonment in a strict regime 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
January 5, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 5, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Artur Memetshayev on participation in the "Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion"
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Case of Artur Memetshayev on participation in the "Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion"
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Full summary
Resident of Kherson region (Ukraine). On 11 April 2022, his house in Genichesk was searched and he was detained. At the same time, law enforcers claimed that Memetshayev was detained while trying to travel to Crimea. He was brought to Crimea and taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had not been functioning for a long time at the time of the prosecution. On 12 October 2022, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony.
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