Tagir Salimov
Tagir Salimov, born 1958, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case on Tablighi Jamaat in Tatarstan”. Sentence (June 26, 2019): 6 years imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld September 5, 2019
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
recruited new members of Tablighi Jamaat, organised regular conspiratorial meetings in Bavly, where participants read religious literature and discussed plans to spread their ideology; formed mobile preaching groups of three to eight people; and provided them with food and accommodation.
Latest event
January 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Second case on Tablighi Jamaat in Tatarstan
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Second case on Tablighi Jamaat in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 1-38/2019
Other defendants in the case
- Marat Nazmiev — At large, 2 years
- Fanis Usmanov — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The second case of "Tablighi Jamaat" in Tatarstan
Details and sources
Full summary
On 3 April 2018, arrested on charges of participating in the activities of Tablighi Jamaat and recruiting new members. In September 2019, he was sentenced to six years in prison. Presumably released in 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.