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Ilgiz Salakhov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Ilgiz Salakhov, born 1975, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Dyurtulin case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"”. Sentence (June 9, 2015): Ten years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 17, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 8, 2016.

In brief

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

Sentence

10 years 6 months

Ten years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for one year

Verdict June 9, 2015

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

led a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the town of Dyurtuli and the Dyurtuli district, whose members involved parishioners of local mosques in the organisation by showing them "extremist videos and literature based on psychological influence and manipulation techniques".

Latest event

August 24, 2024 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Imprisonment begins

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

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 10 years 6 months

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

Criminal case

Dyurtulin case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Dyurtulin case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

25 February 2014, detained on charges of organising the activities of a cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir, searched, arrested; 10 June 2015, sentenced to ten and a half years in a strict regime penal colony. Аllegedly, released on 24 August 2024.

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Sources (2)

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

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