Shamil Botashev

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in at-Takfir wa-l-Higra. Some human rights activists believe that no such organisation exists. In February 2025, an official report was published, according to which Botashev was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in April 2025.