Seven years ago, on October 12, 2016, Russian security forces, as a result of mass searches in the village. In Strohonivka, Simferopol district, five representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people were detained – Uzeir Abdullaev, Teymur Abdullaev, Rustem Ismailov, Emil Dzhemadenov and Ayder Saledinov. They were accused of participating in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned on the territory of the Russian Federation, and are charged with Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in it).
After many years of illegal trials, on June 18, 2019, the North Caucasus District Military Court of the Russian Federation passed sentences on the defendants in the Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case.
Teymur Abdullaev was sentenced to 17 years in a maximum security colony with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year and 6 months, Rustem Ismailov – to 14 years, Uzeir Abdullaev – to 13 years, Ayder Saledinov and Emil Dzhemadenov – to 12 years.
On December 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in Moscow reduced the prison terms to figurants of Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case by 6 months.