15:25, 29 September 2025

Roman Murdiev was sentenced to 1 year and 11 months in prison.

The court heard the criminal case against teenager Muslim Murdiev. Following the hearing, he was found guilty and sentenced to one year and 11 months in prison.

A Moscow court plans to announce the verdict today against Chechen schoolboy Roman Murdiev, accused of hooliganism.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the prosecutor demanded a two-year prison sentence for ninth-grader Roman Murdiev (referred to as Muslim in Chechen media). On May 7, the court allowed the teenager, accused of hooliganism, to attend school remotely. At the end of July, the court remanded him under house arrest.

14-year-old Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev was charged with disturbing public order and using violence (Article 213 of the Russian Criminal Code, "hooliganism"). The criminal case stemmed from a fight in which the teenager, according to him, stood up for a 12-year-old boy he knew. The defense maintains Murdiev's innocence, claiming he was protecting the boy from another participant in the conflict. In addition to the Chechen teenager, there are four other defendants in the case. Of several videos published by the Investigative Committee, only one, in which Murdiev is identified by name, suggests his involvement in the conflict. More details on Murdiyev's case can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Roman Murdiyev: The Teenager Kadyrov Stood Up For".

Moscow's Savelovsky Court sentenced 14-year-old Chechen teenager Roman Murdiyev, accused of hooliganism, to one year and 11 months in prison, Kommersant reports.

The decision comes into force after the appeal period expires, Chechen Human Rights Commissioner Mansur Soltayev told Grozny-Inform.

The teenager's lawyer, Aslanbek Minkailov, noted that, taking into account the 21 months spent under house arrest, the remaining actual sentence is one year and 12 days. Minkailov said the relatives intend to appeal the verdict. "This is a cruel punishment. Not harsh, but cruel to the child. According to the verdict, (the convicted) will be sent to a juvenile correctional facility. We hope (Murdiyev) won't go to the colony, as we intend to appeal the verdict," the Chechnya Segodnya news agency quotes the lawyer as saying.

On December 4, 2024, Ramzan Kadyrov stated that Chechen deputies, senators, and he himself were handling the teenager's case. "They won't jail him; they won't do anything to him," Kadyrov clarified. In the context of criticism of Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Alexander Bastrykin, Ramzan Kadyrov added that "those in power" are the people who commit lawlessness, adding that "the Almighty will definitely punish them."

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415853