Alexandr Shudobaev
Alexandr Shudobaev, born 1956, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region”, opened on July 4, 2017. Sentence (May 30, 2019): 6 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 2 years and 6 months' restriction of liberty with a…; previously convicted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 16, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 9, 2021.
In brief
Orenburg Oblast · Orenburg · Unemployed · Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years 6 months
6 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 2 years and 6 months' restriction of liberty with a 3 years' ban on administrative, economic, and organisational activities in religious organisations, as well as activities related to organising religious social groups
First instance, March 11, 2019: 6 years 6 months
Other verdicts
- March 21, 2013 — 200 thousand rubles fine
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Shudobaev induced new adherents to join the organisation, conducted religious rites specific to the organisation, including in the course of his missionary activities.
Latest event
September 10, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 16, 2021
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 9, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 6 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution ends
· Criminal case opened
The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexandr Shudobaev
Criminal case
The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region
Other defendants in the case
- Yerzhan Aitov — At large, 2 years
- Rakhimzhan Aimukhamedov — At large, 2 years
- Tulegen Akbatyrov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Konstantin Dorokhin — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Kanat Krushenov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Talgat Satubaldin — At large, 2 years
- Viacheslav Semakin — At large, 2 years
- Dilmurat Umerov — At large, 2 years
- Rifat Habibullin — At large, 2 years 6 months
The case of Alexandr Shudobaev
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg region
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the Orenburg region. He was convicted of hooliganism and drug possession. On 10 May 2012, while he was serving a sentence for drug possession, a case was opened against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. During searches, religious literature was seized from Shudobayev, some of which turned out to be banned. On 22 March 2013, Shudobaev was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.
On 6 July 2017, Shudobaev was detained along with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. He was ordered to sign a travel restriction document. On 11 March 2019, Shudobaev was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony. The appeal court added two years to his sentence and a three-year ban on administrative-economic and organizational-administrative work in religious organisations and activities related to the organisation of public associations of religious orientation. The cassation appeal was denied.
In September 2025, Shudobaev was released from prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.