October 20, 2026, 1:43 PMRSSRU

Rais Shamsuddinov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Rais Shamsuddinov, born 1990, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (May 24, 2017): Three years imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 3, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 27, 2019.

In brief

Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

3 years

Three years imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Verdict May 24, 2017

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

He participated in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation.

Latest event

May 24, 2019 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

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

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

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

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years

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

  6. · Persecution begins

    Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Criminal case

Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The fourth Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

He was detained in May 2016, taken into custody on May 25 on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On May 25, 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. Released in May 2019.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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