Lenar Ziiatdinov
Lenar Ziiatdinov, born 1974, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan”. Sentence (September 25, 2017): 2 years 6 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Sentence
2 years 6 months
of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, April 19, 2017: 3 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Knowing that the association was banned, from 2014 to 2016 he participated in its activities, including recruiting new members and holding meetings of the organisation's members, and propagated Islam, aggressive and unconventional for Tatarstan.
Latest event
July 1, 2019 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 1-503/2017
Other defendants in the case
- Salavat Baiazitov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Mubarakzyan Vafin — At large, 2 years 2 months
- Ilgiz Zagidullin — At large, 2 years 7 months
- Renat Nasretdinov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Gaiar Sudiiarov — At large, 1 year 9 months
- Ramil Sultanov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Khadyatullo Khasanov — At large, 1 year 9 months
- Marat Sharifullin — At large, 2 years 5 months
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained and arrested in October 2016 together with eight other people on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, and his home was searched. Ziiatdinov admitted involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony. On 26 September, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two and a half years
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.