Ganisher Saitmuratov
Ganisher Saitmuratov, born 1992, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)”. Sentenced on December 7, 2022. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
Upheld April 17, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Latest event
April 17, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)
Other defendants in the case
- Mumin Ganiev — Location unknown
- Polot Zainabedinov — Location unknown
- Bakhramzhan Isametdinov — Location unknown
- Mirzaalym Mirkhalikov — Location unknown
- Mahmud Odinaev — Location unknown
- Egamberdi Rakhmanzhanov — Location unknown
- Mansurchon Urinboev — Location unknown
Details and sources
Full summary
A native of Tajikistan, he lived in Moscow. In September 2021, he was detained and placed into custody on charges of organising and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Later he was charged only under the article on participation. According to the investigation, he took part in the activities of a cell of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, designated as a terrorist organisation and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. Alleged members of this Islamist party are prosecuted by Russian authorities on charges of purely formal party affiliation rather than terrorist activity. On 7 December 2022, a verdict was delivered; details are unknown.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.