Lenur Seidametov
Lenur Seidametov, born 1986, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The third Simferopol "Hizb-ut-Tahrir" case”. Sentence (March 21, 2022): 13 years' imprisonment in high security prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 17, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Amur Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 31, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in high security prison
Upheld October 18, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
October 18, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 31, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The third Simferopol "Hizb-ut-Tahrir" case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
Criminal case
The third Simferopol "Hizb-ut-Tahrir" case
Other defendants in the case
- Timur Yalkabov — Imprisoned, 17 years
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Amur Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
676910, Амурская область, Ивановский район, с. Среднебелая, ул. Герки Рулёва, 2, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Амурской области», Сейдаметов Ленур Люманович, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On February 17, 2021, he was detained and taken into custody on the same day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On March 22, 2022, he was sentenced to 13 years in high security prison. In prison, a Baker's cyst was discovered in his knee joint. Because of the cyst, Seidametov cannot sit or lie down for long periods of time. He also complained to his spouse about hearing loss in one ear.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.