Rustem Tairov
Rustem Tairov, born 1970, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. 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 second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (May 31, 2023): 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 17, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Udmurtia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 6, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Cooks · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld November 20, 2023
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 a terrorist organisation and preparations for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
December 1, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 6, 2022
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 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”
· Persecution begins
The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
· 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
Criminal case
The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Case number
- 1-19/2023 (1-83/2022;)
Other defendants in the case
- Zavur Abdullaev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Jebbar Bekirov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Rustem Murasov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Second Sevastopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Udmurtia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
427011, Удмуртская Республика, Завьяловский район, пос. Хохряки, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Удмуртской Республике», Таиров Рустем Мансурович, 1970 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On August 17, 2021, a search was conducted at Tairov's home. Following his detention and interrogation, the court decided to remand him in custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. On May 31, 2023, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.