October 20, 2026, 4:37 PMRSSRU

Ruslan Ryskulov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Ruslan Ryskulov, born 1977, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak”. Sentence (May 11, 2016): six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 7, 2019.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Sterlitamak · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

6 years

six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony

Verdict May 11, 2016

Upheld August 3, 2016

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Latest event

April 20, 2021 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

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

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

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

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  6. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 6 years

Criminal case

The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Sterlitamak "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

In April 2015, he detained after a search and arrested together with four others on charges of participation in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir; on 12 May 2016, he sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. He was released in April 2021.

In September 2011, he was also searched and interrogated in connection with his involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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