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Bayazitov Ruslan Marsovich

Date of birth: December 21, 1970 (55 years old)
City of residence: Kazan
Occupation: бизнес и предпринимательство
Article of the Criminal Code:  282 ч. 2 para. «а»
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  5 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  February 17, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 8, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan

Bayazitov Ruslan Marsovich, born December 21, 1970, Russian citizen, resident of Kazan, entrepreneur, married, has two children.

On February 17, 2025, he was sentenced under paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Incitement of hatred or enmity committed publicly on the Internet, with the use of violence or the threat of its use") to 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

Deprived of liberty since August 10, 2023.

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