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Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev

ImprisonedChecked against the source: September 5, 2026, 6:09 AM
Criminal Code
Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Case category
Terrorism casesExtremism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Verdict
Imprisonment (special regime), Imprisonment (strict regime), Fine
Sentence
14 years 6 months
Date of verdict
2014-07-29
Region
Vologda OblastMoscow
City
Moscow
Facility
ФКУ «ИК № 17 УФСИН России по Вологодской области»
Address for letters
162560, Вологодская область, пос. Шексна, ул. Дзержинского, 6, ФКУ «ИК № 17 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Рахмонходжаев Зикруллохон Файзуллоходжаевич, 1975 г.р.

Case summary

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.

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