Murad Valiev
Murad Valiev, born 1989, Dagestan. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “Murad Valiyev case”. Sentence (March 9, 2017): 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 3 months' restriction of liberty. Status: at large.
In brief
Dagestan · Makhachkala · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 3 months' restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- 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
Accused of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power.
Latest event
March 17, 2021 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Murad Valiyev case
Criminal case
Murad Valiyev case
Thematic group: Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dagestan
Details and sources
Full summary
On March 2, 2016, nine residents of Makhachkala were brought in for questioning by the police on suspicion of involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir. Among them, Murad Valiev, Magomed Magomedov, Gadzhi Ramazanov, and Sharip Habibov were subsequently arrested.
On February 21, 2017, it became known that Murad Valiev, accused under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organising the activities of a terrorist organisation) and Part 1 of Article 30 and Article 278 of the Criminal Code (preparation for a forcible seizure of power), had his case referred to court.
On March 10, 2017, the North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced Valiev to five years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, along with one year and three months of liberty restriction. He was convicted under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organising the activities of a terrorist organisation) and Part 1 of Article 30 of Article 278 of the Criminal Code (preparation for a forcible seizure of power). Valiev pleaded guilty, and the case was processed under a special procedure. He was released in March 2021.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Other
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.