Vadim Siruk
Vadim Siruk, born 1989, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta”. Sentence (November 11, 2019): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 12, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan. Recognition: Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, October 2, 2019; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 11, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Yalta · Shop assistants · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year.
Upheld February 14, 2022
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Crimea and preparations for the violent seizure of power. He also served as a judge in a Sharia court established by the cell.
Latest event
February 14, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, October 2, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 11, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 28, 2018
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta
Other defendants in the case
- Muslim Aliyev — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Refat Alimov — At large, 8 years
- Inver Bekirov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Arsen Jepparov — At large, 7 years
- Emir-Usein Kuku — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
453256 Республика Башкортостан, г. Салават, станция Южная, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Сирук Вадим Андреевич, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained on February 11, 2016, during mass searches and arrests in Crimea. He was arrested on suspicion of participating in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned as a terrorist organization. In July 2016, he was placed in a special unit of the pre-trial detention center as a “dangerous detainee.” In January 2017, he was additionally charged with preparing for the violent seizure of power.
On November 12, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony.
In January 2020, it became known that Siruk had been placed in a special unit at Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 in the Rostov region.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Other
Sources (3)
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.