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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

A Derbent native has been convicted in connection with a terrorist cell in a Kalmyk prison

2026-07-25

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[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ramazan Kurbanov to a lengthy prison term, finding him a member of a terrorist organization operating in a Kalmyk penal colony.

Yes, but which terrorist org?
Kurbanov was charged with participating in a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code). This article carries a sentence of ten to fifteen years in prison.

According to the prosecution, Ramazan Kurbanov was serving a sentence in a penal colony in Kalmykia in 2013 when a terrorist group was created within the facility. Kurbanov voluntarily joined this group and became an active participant.

Something linked to Al Qaeda, probably. ISIS appeared two years later…

"He followed the general principles and established norms of behavior that existed within the community, studied Arabic, underwent ideological training, and attended lectures given by community members," the press service of the Southern District Military Court reported today.

Kurbanov himself also gave religious lectures to prisoners in the prayer room and residential units. Investigators identified the purpose of these lectures as calls for terrorist activity.

The court sentenced Ramazan Kurbanov to 11 years and six months in a maximum-security prison colony. The sentence was imposed concurrently with a previous sentence handed down in Derbent. The court's statement did not specify whether Kurbanov admitted his guilt.

Ramazan Kurbanov was born in Derbent in June 1971, according to his entry in the Rosfinmonitoring register of terrorists and extremists. His information was added to the list on July 3, 2025.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that in late June, the Southern District Military Court sentenced four other inmates of a penal colony in Kalmykia to lengthy prison terms. Kerimulla Gulmagomedov, Zaurbek Suleimanov, Sergei Kiselev, and Yusup Temirbekov were also found to be members of a terrorist organization created in 2013.

At the end of 2025, the leaders of a Kalmyk penal colony received lengthy sentences in connection with a terrorist cell case. Pavel Batayev and his deputy, Artur Tsamayev, accused of organizing a terrorist group on the prison grounds, received 22- and 24-year sentences.

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