Akhmed Abusupyanov
Religious figures
1962-09-29
Location unknown
Biography
An imam. In June of 2024 he participated in the negotiations with the inmates of Rostov-on-Don's pre-trial detention center who took the agents of Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) hostages. In May of 2025 it became known that a criminal case was initiated against Abusupyanov accusing him of involvement in the terrorost organisation "Takfir wal-Hijra", which, according to several experts, unreasonably recognised as a extremist organisation. The other case initiated against Abusupyanov accuses him of hooliganism; the investigation claims that in September of 2023 he participated in a group attack against "a Muslim man, with whom Abusupyanov had disagreements on religious
An imam. In June of 2024 he participated in the negotiations with the inmates of Rostov-on-Don's pre-trial detention center who took the agents of Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) hostages. In May of 2025 it became known that a criminal case was initiated against Abusupyanov accusing him of involvement in the terrorost organisation "Takfir wal-Hijra", which, according to several experts, unreasonably recognised as a extremist organisation. The other case initiated against Abusupyanov accuses him of hooliganism; the investigation claims that in September of 2023 he participated in a group attack against "a Muslim man, with whom Abusupyanov had disagreements on religious grounds". There are no grounds for arguing that a persecution due to hooliganism carries a political motive.