Aider Muzhdabaev
Aider Muzhdabaev, born 1972, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of Aider Muzhdabaev on calls for terrorism”. Sentence (September 19, 2023): 6 years imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists · Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in absentia
Upheld November 14, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The case was prompted by two Facebook posts in which Muzhdabaev called for "forcefully grabbing Russian agents" and exchanging them for Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, then serving a sentence in a Russian colony in Labytnangi.
Latest event
November 14, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Aider Muzhdabaev on calls for terrorism
Criminal case
The case of Aider Muzhdabaev on calls for terrorism
Details and sources
Full summary
A journalist, worked for the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper for 17 years. In 2015, being opposed to the annexation of Crimea and the actions of the Russian authorities in eastern Ukraine, as well as being in disagreement with the editorial policy of MK, he resigned and moved to Kiev, where he obtained Ukrainian citizenship. He works as a deputy general director of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR, based in Kiev. In 2019, a criminal case on calls for terrorism was opened against Muzhdabaev over posts in which he suggested "forcefully grabbing Russian agents" and exchanging them for Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted on terrorism charges. In June 2020, the journalist was declared wanted and arrested in absentia. On 20 September 2023, Muzhdabaev was sentenced to six years in absentia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.