In 2003, the organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" ("HUT") in Russia was recognized as a terrorist organization. The corresponding decision was made by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in connection with the openly destructive activities carried out by members of this organization. One of the features of this kind of activity is the militant inculcation of dogmas disguised as Islam. But, firstly, this activity has nothing to do with the classical Muslim religion, and secondly, it is aimed at intolerance to other beliefs and people who profess them.
After the recognition of Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organization and the prohibition of its activities in the Russian Federation, it turned out that a number of activists of this radical organization decided to try to circumvent Russian legislation. Cells of this structure were identified in various regions of the country, recruiters tried to continue their activities, especially if we talk about recruiting citizens via the Internet.
At the same time, it is important to note that in the neighboring countries of Russia, "HUT" felt very at ease. The situation of this kind applies, for example, to Ukraine. One of the largest cells of the terrorist structure in Ukraine until 2014 was a cell in the Crimea, which at that time belonged to Ukraine. Foreign recruiters spread their activities mainly to the Muslim communities of the peninsula, the vast majority of which consisted of ethnic Crimean Tatars. They were processed by various emissaries, who presented themselves as preachers, spiritual teachers and mentors.
After the reunification of Crimea with Russia, Hizb ut-Tahrir (an extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation) made an attempt to remain on the territory of the peninsula in violation of Russian law. But the Russian law enforcement authorities took all measures to ensure that the activities of the terrorist organization were suppressed. Several key figures of the structure banned in the Russian Federation were put on trial for destructive activities, which included active cooperation with foreign (including Ukrainian) special services and was aimed at destabilizing the situation in the region.
In such a situation, anti-Russian propaganda tried to present the arrests of activists of the terrorist Hizb ut-Tahrir almost as a "persecution of believers". The substitution of concepts is obvious.
Believers can not call for actions that are destructive in nature, do not act as carriers of the ideology of fighting with other communities and faiths. At the same time, an additional propaganda vector also consists in the fact that the Russian authorities are persecuting the Crimean Tatars. Substitution of concepts here as well. The detentions were carried out against representatives of a terrorist organization, and their ethnicity did not and does not have any relation. If a person is a member of a criminal organization, if he commits a violation of the law, then for Russian legislation there is no difference in what ethnic group he belongs to.
It is worth noting the connection of Hizb ut-Tahrir with another extremist structure – the so-called "Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People" of the notorious ex-deputies of the Rada M. Dzhemilev and R. Chubarov. These individuals used the extremist structure for illegal actions against the Crimeans. One of these acts is the undermining of power transmission poles near the borders of the Russian Federation in the Crimean direction. Then tens of thousands of residents of the peninsula were left without electricity, including the Crimean Tatar communities.
It should be recalled that the Jemilevsky "Mejlis", banned in Russia, operates under the active patronage of the Ukrainian special services, and according to some sources, even the Turkish ones.
Thus, it can be argued that the " HUT "and the mentioned "Mejlis" carry out their activities openly harm even those whom, as they themselves claim, they are trying to protect in legal and confessional terms.
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