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Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev, born 1975, Vologda Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev's case”, opened on January 1, 2018. Sentence (December 12, 2018): 14 years 6 months' imprisonment in a special regime colony; previously convicted under Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code; Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code; Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 18, 2016.

In brief

Vologda Oblast, Moscow · Moscow · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

14 years 6 months

imprisonment in a special regime colony

Verdict December 12, 2018

Upheld July 22, 2019

Other verdicts

  • July 29, 2014 — 7 years' imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 rubles

Charges

Latest event

October 20, 2026 — case status changed

Became known October 20, 2026 · checked October 18, 2026

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · Persecution ends

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 14 years 6 months

  5. · Criminal case opened

    Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev's case

  6. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

Criminal case

Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev's case

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Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Held in custody since 7 November 2012 due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no links to terrorism. Charged with participating in the activities of an extremist organisation, preparation for violent seizure of power and illegal possession of explosives. He pleaded guilty in part. He explained that he was indeed a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, for which he had previously served a prison sentence in Tajikistan. He continued his involvement with the organisation in Moscow, fully aware that it was banned. He was engaged in educational work, believed that the establishment of a Caliphate should've taken place within Islamic countries, excluding Russia. Claimed that the explosives seized during the search were planted on him. On 30 June 2014, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime penal colony. On 11 December 2014, the court of appeal upheld the verdict.

While in custody, he was charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation based on the statement of another inmate, who claimed that Rakhmonkhodzhaev persuaded him to go to jihad and that he himself intended to drown the entire population of the Vologda region in a reservoir. On 13 December 2018, he was sentenced to 14 and a half years in a special regime penal colony.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Tajikistan
Place of detention
Penal colony No. 17, Vologda Oblast
Persecution episodes
2
Sources (3)

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