Vilen Temeryanov

Affiliated media: Citizen journalist

Incident date: November 26, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Rostov-on-Don

Additional information:

Vilen Temeryanov, Crimean citizen journalist, was sentenced to 14 years by the Russian military court for alleged involvement in the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is outlawed in Russia. Temeryanov, along with several other Crimean Tatar men, was arrested in August 2022 in Çanköy. The verdict was passed by the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) on 26 November.