Ramil Sultanov
Ramil Sultanov, born 1972, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan”. Sentence (September 25, 2017): 2 years and 4 months in a general-regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Sentence
2 years 4 months
2 years and 4 months in a general-regime colony.
First instance, April 19, 2017: 3 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Knowing that the organization was banned, from 2014 to 2016 he participated in its activities, including recruiting new members and holding meetings of its members, and promoted aggressive and nontraditional forms of Islam in Tatarstan.
Latest event
November 1, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 4 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 1-503/2017
Other defendants in the case
- Salavat Baiazitov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Mubarakzyan Vafin — At large, 2 years 2 months
- Ilgiz Zagidullin — At large, 2 years 7 months
- Lenar Ziiatdinov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Renat Nasretdinov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Gaiar Sudiiarov — At large, 1 year 9 months
- Khadyatullo Khasanov — At large, 1 year 9 months
- Marat Sharifullin — At large, 2 years 5 months
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained and arrested in October 2016 along with eight other people on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. A search was conducted at his home. Sultanov admitted involvement in “Tablighi Jamaat” but refused to acknowledge that he had participated in the activities of an extremist organization. On April 20, 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. On September 26, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years and four months. He was released on March 1, 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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