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Iaroslav Timofeev

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Iaroslav Timofeev, born 1996, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa”. Sentence (February 20, 2019): 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 9, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Lipetsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 19, 2018.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Ufa · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

12 years

imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Verdict February 20, 2019

Upheld October 17, 2019

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Iaroslav participated in the activities of the party cell in Ufa, which was organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to April 20, 2017: he attended illegal meetings, agitated other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature and implemented measures to ensure secrecy

Latest event

October 17, 2019 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 12 years

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan

Criminal case

The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Third Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Write a letter

Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Lipetsk Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

398007, Липецкая область, город Липецк, улица Ковалева, владение 130в, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Липецкой области», Тимофеев Ярослав Владимирович, 1996 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Ufa. In February 2017, he was detained and subsequently arrested in a case concerning involvement with a terrorist organization, in connection with alleged activities related to the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On February 21, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

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