Dim Yanbayev
Dim Yanbayev, born 1986, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (May 24, 2017): Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 3, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 27, 2019.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
3 years
Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
July 6, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, April 3, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 27, 2019
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Lepishin — At large, 3 years
- Rais Shamsuddinov — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The fourth Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in May 2016, taken into custody on 25 May on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 25 May 2017, sentenced to three years in a penal colony. Released in May 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.