Aleksandr Sizikov
Aleksandr Sizikov, born 1984, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing 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 Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (May 17, 2023): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 14, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 16, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison
Upheld September 13, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing 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 was the leader of a cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. He engaged in anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called "world caliphate", aimed at dismantling secular state institutions and overthrowing the existing government by force.
Latest event
September 13, 2024 — 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, June 16, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Alim Sufyanov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Seyran Khairedinov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: The fourth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Bakhchisarai
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
660048, Красноярский край, г. Красноярск, ул. Маерчака, 48, Туббольница №1 УФСИН Красноярского края, Сизиков Александр Васильевич, 1984 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Crimea. He is an engineer by education. He was detained on 7 July 2020 and placed under house arrest the following day on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 24 August 2021, the case was returned to the prosecutor’s office because the materials had not been recorded in Braille — Sizikov lost his sight as a result of a car accident. On 27 October, an appellate court overturned this decision.
On 17 May 2024, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first four years to be served in prison. On 14 September 2024, the day after an appellate court upheld the sentence, Sizikov was taken into custody.
On 25 April 2025, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) submitted a request for Sizikov’s release. On 26 May, a court ruled to release him from his sentence.
On 21 October 2025, an appellate court overturned this decision; however, lawyers stated that Sizikov was safe. On 23 October, news emerged that he had been detained. He was arrested for ten days under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences for disobeying lawful orders from government officials. On 1 November, an appellate court overturned the arrest order. On 5 November, Sizikov’s support group reported that he was in pre-trial detention (SIZO).
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
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