Detention: On the night of November 15-16, Russian security forces conducted a search at the Fakhriyev family home and detained Ruslan Fakhriyev along with his father Seitkhalil Fakhriyev. After their detention, both men were taken to an unknown location, and their whereabouts were concealed for a long time.

Sentence: As of July 22, 2026, there is no information in open sources about a sentence being issued. No official information about the charges has been disclosed. Human rights organizations consider the case as enforced disappearance and politically motivated persecution of civilians.

Ruslan Fakhriyev was born in 1989. He lived in the village of Amurske (historically known as Alabash-Konrat) in the Nyzhniohirskyi district of occupied Crimea. There is no reliable information in open sources about his education, profession, or public activities before his detention. Human rights defenders emphasize that he is a civilian.

On the night of November 15-16, 2025, Russian security forces arrived at the Fakhriyev family home. After conducting a search, they detained Ruslan and his father Seitkhalil Fakhriyev. The family was not informed of the reasons for the detention or where the men were taken. Subsequently, all contact with them was lost.

According to the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, after the detention, Russian occupation authorities did not confirm the whereabouts of Ruslan Fakhriyev, which bears the marks of enforced disappearance under international law. The family had no official information about his procedural status, health condition, or place of detention for a long time.

Human rights organizations note that this case is part of a new wave of persecution of civilians in occupied Crimea at the end of 2025. They emphasize that the practice of night searches, isolating detainees from the outside world, and concealing information about their place of detention is systematically applied by Russian security forces against Ukrainian citizens.

As of July 2026, there is no reliable information in open sources about the progress of the criminal proceedings, the transfer of the case to court, or the possible place of detention of Ruslan Fakhriyev. Human rights defenders continue to document the circumstances of his detention and call on international organizations to demand that the Russian Federation disclose information about the fate of illegally detained Ukrainian civilians.

As of July 22, 2026, Ruslan Fakhriyev remains unlawfully deprived of liberty. There is no information about his release or sentencing. His case is one of the examples of enforced disappearances of Ukrainian civilians in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.

Information used from open sources: Crimean Tatar Resource Center, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG), Suspilne Crimea.

Update date: July 22, 2026.