Vyacheslav Vankov
Vyacheslav Vankov, born 1982, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Third Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (September 11, 2022): 18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 5, 2020; 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, November 29, 2022.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
18 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld March 22, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
organised and held illegal Hizb ut-Tahrir meetings and involved others in its activities; "deliberately stored" extremist materials in his home, both on paper and electronic media; "deliberately participated" in the organisation's activities from 2014 to 2018; "took part in illegal propaganda meetings" of Hizb ut-Tahrir, where he acquired "skills and special knowledge" to justify Hizb ut-Tahrir's activities, then took part in a large number of Hizb ut-Tahrir propaganda meetings, where, together with others, he studied "extremist materials contrary to the traditional interpretation in Islam"; "improved his propaganda skills" to justify activities, "carried out the involvement of potential participants"; "possessing the mandatory skills of illegal activities for a member of this illegal organisation", did not carry mobile phones to meetings, left personal cars far away from meeting places and "controlled the presence of surveillance by law enforcement agencies"; donated funds for Hizb ut-Tahrir activities on a monthly basis
Latest event
March 22, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 29, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
Third Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Third Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Rail Abdrakhmanov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Ilsur Galeev — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Lenar Mukhamadeev — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Third Kazan 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», Ваньков Вячеслав Евгеньевич, 1982 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 5 November 2020 and taken into custody the next day. Charged with organizing and participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and financing terrorism. On 12 September 2022, sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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