Aznaur Semenov
Aznaur Semenov, born 1990, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk”. Sentenced on February 25, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 1, 2023.
In brief
Sentence
Imprisonment (general regime), Restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
April 1, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of thirteen persons' involvement with at-Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk
- Case number
- 1-21/2025 (1-128/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Shamil Albotov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Khezir Beregetov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Azamat Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years 6 months
- Shamil Botashev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Aslan Gandaev — At large with restrictions, 3 years 2 months
- Shamil Kaziev — At large with restrictions, 3 years 2 months
- Dzhamal Kochkarov — Location unknown, 2 years 6 months
- Shamil Kumukov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Timur Salpagarov — Imprisoned
- Aslan Tokov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ali Khabchaev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Ruslan Chomaev — Location unknown, 2 years
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Full summary
He is a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation for his alleged involvement in Takfir wal-Hijra (some human rights activists believe that such an organisation does not exist) and possession of weapons. In February 2025, an official announcement was published stating that Semenov was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony (his term ranges from two and a half years to three years and one month; exact information is not available).
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.