Nail Vakhitov
Nail Vakhitov, born 1986, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Nurists' case in Tatarstan”. Sentence (July 28, 2019): 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Extremism cases
Sentence
7 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld November 15, 2019
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Seeking Muslims for involvement in the activities of the international religious extremist association "Nurdjular"
Latest event
November 15, 2019 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Nurists' case in Tatarstan
Criminal case
Nurists' case in Tatarstan
Other defendants in the case
- Salavat Muzafarov — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: The case of the Nurcists (Nurcu followers) in Tatarstan
Details and sources
Full summary
A case has been opened for organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the study of the works of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi. Russian law enforcers unjustifiably prosecute such people as members of extremist movement "Nurdjular", the existence of which has not been proven. On 29 July 2019, Vakhitov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released no later than 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.