ISIS
United States v. Ruslan Maratovich Asainov
Status: Ruslan Maratovich Asainov: Sentenced, October 17, 2023
- District
- Eastern District of New York
- Docket number
- 19-CR-402 (NGG); 1:18-mj-00606
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- Not stated in DOJ release
- First DOJ release
- February 7, 2023
Primary Sources
- American Citizen Convicted of Providing Material Support to ISIS that Resulted in Death, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, February 7, 2023
- American Citizen Convicted of Providing Material Support to ISIS that Resulted in Death and Related Offenses, Office of Public Affairs, February 8, 2023
- American Citizen Sentenced to Life in Prison for Providing Material Support to ISIS That Resulted in Death, Office of Public Affairs, October 17, 2023
- American Citizen Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Plus Seventy Years for Providing Material Support to ISIS that Resulted in Death, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, October 17, 2023
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Ruslan Maratovich Asainov
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, October 17, 2023)
- From the DOJ release:
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to life imprisonment plus seventy years for providing material support to ISIS, a foreign terrorist organization, that resulted in death.
- Age
- 46 (per DOJ release of February 7, 2023)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- providing and conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, receipt of military-type training from ISIS, and obstruction of justice; material support resulted in death
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- February 7, 2023
- Sentencing
- October 17, 2023
- Sentence
- life imprisonment plus seventy years, concurrent terms of 20 years’ imprisonment on related convictions of conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS and obstruction of justice, and 10 years’ imprisonment for receipt of military-type training from ISIS (DOJ, October 17, 2023)
- Court docket
- 1:18-mj-00606. Closed September 3, 2019; last filing August 15, 2019 (CourtListener)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Ruslan Maratovich Asainov," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-asainov-2023/