Azim Tabaldyev
Azim Tabaldyev, born 1973, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Tablighi Jamaat's fifth case in Moscow”. Sentenced on December 18, 2024. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 1, 2023. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 13, 2025.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (general regime)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "from the positions of religious buildings [sic], he conducted and disseminated the doctrines of an extremist organisation, recruited and attracted new adherents to it".
Latest event
April 24, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 13, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Tablighi Jamaat's fifth case in Moscow
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Tablighi Jamaat's fifth case in Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Chingiz Aiylchiev — Imprisoned
- Hamit Beshkempirov — Imprisoned
- Azamat Dzhumataev — Imprisoned
- Nurbek Duishebaev — Imprisoned
- Almazbek Ibraimov — Imprisoned
- Ikram Kalmamat uulu — Imprisoned
- Kanzharbek Momunov — Imprisoned
- Abdullah Muktarali uulu — Imprisoned
Thematic group: Fifth Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow
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Full summary
Resident of Moscow, sales manager. On 11 July 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the peaceful Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. On 18 December 2024, Tabaldyev was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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