Vasily Tkachev
Vasily Tkachev, born 1982, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); “The third Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (August 2, 2016): 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 7, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 6, 2019.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld December 19, 2016
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Full wording of the charges
During his training in Hizb ut-Tahrir, he attended secret religious and political classes - "khalakats" - where he acquired special knowledge by studying the ideological sources of the organisation, which are recognised as extremist, and mastered the propaganda skills necessary for finding and inducing new people to participate in the organisation; In addition, in order to acquire propaganda skills, he studied in detail the ideological sources of the terrorist organisation in the form of books, brochures, leaflets and electronic files, which he kept at his place of residence; sharing the political aims and objectives of the terrorist organisation, after acquiring the necessary theoretical knowledge and propaganda skills, he directed his activities towards disseminating ideas in society based on the doctrine of the indispensable construction of the "Caliphate" and seeking out and inducing new individuals to participate in the organisation.
Latest event
January 16, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 7, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 6, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The third Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
The third Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Rishat Girfanov — At large, 8 years
- Denis Zagitdinov — At large, 8 years
- Danil Kunakbayev — At large, 8 years
Thematic group: Third Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Details and sources
Full summary
Vasily was a witness in the case of five alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ural city of Chelyabinsk (Salavat Khabirov, Alfred Shaimov, whose group, according to the investigation, Tkachev belonged to, and others). He was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and on 3 August 2016, was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in January 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.