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Akhmetov Radik Mudarisovich

Date of birth: September 18, 1976 (49 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  21 год лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год 6 месяцев ограничения свободы, штраф 600.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  August 30, 2018
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 6, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Mari El

Akhmetov Radik Mudarisovich, born September 18, 1976, temporarily unemployed, lived in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organisation of the activities of an organisation that is recognised as terrorist in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation") and Part 1 of Article 30, Article 278 ("Preparation for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power, as well as the violent change of the constitutional order") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he was sentenced to 21 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with a fine of 600 000 roubles (~€5680) and restriction of freedom for 1.5 years on charges of membership in the banned organisation "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami", which, even according to the investigation, did not participate in violent actions.

In custody since February 4, 2015.