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Tair Smedlyaev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Tair Smedlyaev, born 1962, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “Tair Smedlyaev case”. Sentence (December 9, 2015): 2 years' suspended sentence. Status: at large.

In brief

Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Armiansk

Sentence

2 years

suspended sentence

Verdict December 9, 2015

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he used violence against a policeman of the Berkut special purpose police battalion (Yevpatori) who was in a cordon to stop the illegal border crossing of many civilians

Latest event

June 24, 2018 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years

  3. · Persecution begins

    Tair Smedlyaev case

Criminal case

Tair Smedlyaev case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of 3 May

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Житель Крыма. Против него возбудили дело о применении насилия к представителю власти в связи с разгоном народного схода в мае 2014 года, когда местные жители перекрыли дорогу, чтобы встретить духовного лидера крымских татар Мустафу Джемилева. В декабре 2015 года Смедляева приговорили к двум годам условно.

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