Ekrem Mamedov, a Crimean Tatar entrepreneur convicted by a Russian military court, will continue serving his sentence in Adygea. Zarema Barieva, a representative of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, reported details regarding his new place of detention.
Mamedov is 40 years old and has six minor children. His criminal prosecution began on July 18, 2024, when Russian security forces searched his home in Novonikolaevka (Simferopol district) and detained him.
Three months later, on October 23, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced him to eight and a half years in prison. Mamedov was found guilty under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code, which covers aiding terrorist activities. According to the verdict, he was to spend the first two years in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony.
Until April 2025, Mamedov was held in Simferopol’s Pre-trial Detention Center No. 2 (SIZO-2) before being transferred to Vladimir. His detention conditions took a toll on his health: according to Barieva, his eyesight deteriorated significantly, and a fungal infection on his fingers—contracted in prison—persisted. He was limited to receiving only one care package per year. Mamedov spent his 40th birthday in June 2026 behind bars at the "Vladimir Central" prison.
The charges against him stem from money transfers made in 2020 during the course of his business activities. The Russian FSB interpreted these operations as financial support for armed groups linked to ISIS that were active in Syria.
A separate consequence for Mamedov was the decision to revoke his Russian citizenship. He learned of this in May 2025 while already in Vladimir; the relevant document from the "Interior Ministry of the Republic of Crimea" is dated May 26. According to the available information, Mamedov will not be permitted to return to the peninsula upon his release; instead, he will be expelled from Russia.
He had obtained a Russian passport following the 2014 annexation of Crimea because, according to Barieva, the lack of such a document created serious obstacles to conducting business, seeking medical care, processing paperwork, and enrolling children in educational institutions.
His transfer to Adygea places Mamedov even further away from his family as he serves the remainder of his court-imposed sentence.
