October 20, 2026, 11:53 AMRSSRU

Saubian Salkin

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Saubian Salkin, born 1972, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Ulyanovsk”. Sentence (July 19, 2022): suspended sentence of 2 years and 8 months with a probationary period of 2 years and 6 months, 8 months' restriction of… Status: at large. Recognition: SOVA Center — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 23, 2022.

In brief

Ulyanovsk Oblast · Ulyanovsk · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases

Sentence

1 year 8 months

suspended sentence of 2 years and 8 months with a probationary period of 2 years and 6 months, 8 months' restriction of liberty

Sentence changed July 19, 2022

First instance, April 12, 2022: 1 year 8 months

Charges

Latest event

August 28, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

  • Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — SOVA Center, August 23, 2022

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  2. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    SOVA Center

  3. · Appeal ruling

    sentence changed · 1 year 8 months

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year 8 months

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

  6. · Persecution begins

    The Tablighi Jamaat case in Ulyanovsk

Criminal case

The Tablighi Jamaat case in Ulyanovsk

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Salkin is a resident of the Ulyanovsk region. He was supposedly detained in the summer of 2020 on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement in the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely for their religious activities. Salkin was issued a travel ban. On 13 April 2022, Salkin received a suspended sentence of two years and eight months.

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