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Mustafa Yagyaev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Mustafa Yagyaev, born 1960, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity with the use of violence or the threat of violence); “The case of Mustafa Yagyayev”. Sentence (July 16, 2015): Two years' suspended deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the… Status: at large.

In brief

Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Mechanics · Extremism cases

Sentence

2 years

Two years' suspended deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the transmission and dissemination of any information for a period of two years

Verdict July 16, 2015

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

disagreeing with colleagues' assessments of the consequences of Crimea's annexation to the Russian Federation, he started shouting, using insulting epithets towards female employees of the Housing and Utilities Accounting Department and said: "We will return Crimea to Ukraine, there will be war, we will cut and burn you, and Russians will choke on blood in this war, but it is a pity that my Muslim brothers will die"

Latest event

January 1, 2018 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years

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

  5. · Persecution begins

    The case of Mustafa Yagyayev

Criminal case

The case of Mustafa Yagyayev

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Mustafa Yagyaev is a housing and utilities fitter in the village of Zheleznodorozhnoye, Bakhchisaray district of Crimea, and imam of a mosque in the neighbouring village of Turgenevka. The case against him was initiated after he had an argument with female employees of the accounting department of the housing and communal services in June 2014. He was accused of inciting hatred and hostility with the use or threat of violence. Yagyaev's home was searched. On 17 July, Yagyaev was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment with the deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the transmission and dissemination of any information for two years

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