Polot Zainabedinov
Polot Zainabedinov, born 1982, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)”. Sentenced on December 7, 2022. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
Upheld April 17, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Latest event
April 17, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Moscow (the sixth case)
Other defendants in the case
- Mumin Ganiev — Location unknown
- Bakhramzhan Isametdinov — Location unknown
- Mirzaalym Mirkhalikov — Location unknown
- Mahmud Odinaev — Location unknown
- Egamberdi Rakhmanzhanov — Location unknown
- Ganisher Saitmuratov — Location unknown
- Mansurchon Urinboev — Location unknown
Details and sources
Full summary
Native of Kyrgyzstan, Zainabedinov is a resident of Moscow. In September 2021, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Later he was charged only under the article on organising activities of such an organization. According to the investigation, he was one of the leaders of a cell of the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir" that is recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned in Russia. Russian authorities prosecute alleged members of this Islamist party not for terrorist activities but solely for formal party affiliation. On December 7, 2022, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.