Karim Yamadayev
Karim Yamadayev, born 1981, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position); Article 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of a government official); “The case of Karim Yamadayev”. Sentence (March 3, 2021): a 300,000 rubles fine. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, March 3, 2021; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 25, 2021.
In brief
Tatarstan · Naberezhnye Chelny · Lawyers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
a 300,000 rubles fine
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
- Article 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of a government official
Full wording of the charges
prepared props (a judge's robe, a toy gun, handcuffs, images of V. Putin, D. Peskov, and I. Sechin) and technical means (camera, tripod, computer, microphone, etc.), after which he filmed a scene of his "Judge Gramm" series in his flat: according to the plot of this scene, a "trial" of V. Putin, D. Peskov and I. Sechin was depicted. Putin, D. Peskov and I. Sechin; "acting in continuation of his criminal intent aimed at public calls for terrorist activities, public justification and propaganda of terrorism, accused the above persons - V. V. Putin, D. Peskov and D. Sechin, Peskov D.S., and Sechin I.I., of committing, in the course of their official duties, acts which constitute offenses resulting in the death of millions of people"
Latest event
November 17, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 3, 2021
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 25, 2021
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Karim Yamadayev
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
Criminal case
The case of Karim Yamadayev
Details and sources
Full summary
Was detained and taken into custody on 11 January 2020 on charges of public justification of terrorism and insulting representatives of the authorities. On 4 March 2021, was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles and released from custody.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.