Semed Nurmagomedov
Semed Nurmagomedov, born 1982, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 222 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition); “The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo”. Sentence (March 9, 2016): 12 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 7 months' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 7, 2014; place of detention: Penal colony No. 17, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 26, 2021.
In brief
Moscow, Moscow Oblast · Moscow, Odintsovo · Shop assistants · Terrorism cases
Sentence
11 years
12 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 7 months' restriction of liberty
Upheld May 25, 2016
Charges
- Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
- Article 222 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in late April 2014, together with Vagid Guseykhanov, they checked the operability of a car alarm control unit with a key fob near the Odintsovo city administration, "assuming their possible use as elements of an electronic mechanism for triggering an IED".
Latest event
November 26, 2021 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 26, 2021
Timeline
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Persecution begins
The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo
Other defendants in the case
- Vagid Guseykhanov — At large with restrictions, 11 years
- Yusuf Huseykhanov — At large with restrictions, 12 years
- Ismailov Azim Nazirovich — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Asret Rizakhanov — At large with restrictions, 12 years
- Ildarkhan Rizakhanov — Deceased, 14 years
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 17, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
660111, Красноярский край, г. Красноярск, ул. Кразовская д. 12, ФКУ «ИК № 17 ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Нурмагомедов Семед Казимагомедович, 1982 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A native of Dagestan (a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus), he worked as a salesman in Odintsovo near Moscow.
He was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. The case was initially initiated under the article on illegal possession of explosives; in June, the charge of preparing to commit a terrorist act was added. Nurmagomedov was testified against by his flatmates, who were initially also taken into custody, but later sentenced to six months in prison and released due to time served. The case includes testimony from secret witnesses who allegedly sat in the same cell with Nurmagomedov and heard from him that he was a Wahhabi, that all the defendants in the case supported illegal armed groups and were going to carry out a terrorist attack to avenge their killed associates.
Human rights activists consider the case to be falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.
On 10 March 2016, Nurmagomedov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.