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Rakhmonkhodjaev Zikrullokhon Faizullokhodjaevich

Date of birth: October 2, 1975 (50 years old)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  16 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы, режим неизвестен
Date of sentencing:  July 30, 2014 ; December 13, 2018
Current location:  unknown

Rakhmonkhodjaev Zikrullokhon Faizullokhodjaevich, born October 2, 1975 in Tajikistan, lived there, citizen of Tajikistan, member of the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami.

Found guilty under Part 2 of Article 282.2 ("Participation in the activities of an extremist organisation"), Part 1 of Article 30, Article 278 ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power or change of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation"), Part 1 of Article 222 ("Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms, their main parts, ammunition") of the Russian Criminal Code. Sentenced to 7 years in a strict regime penal colony and a fine of 50 thousand rubles.

On charges of participating in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, he was found guilty in a penal colony on December 13, 2018, under Part 2 of Article. 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of an extremist organisation") and sentenced to 14 years and 6 months in a special regime penal colony.

Presumably in July 2025, he was sentenced to 16 years and 6 months in a special-regime penal colony. The charges and details of the new case remain unknown.

In custody since November 7, 2012.