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Davletbaev Vadim Zakievich

Date of birth: April 18, 1991 (35 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  April 19, 2017
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  February 21, 2019
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Smolensk Oblast

Davletbaev Vadim Zakievich, born April 18, 1991, lived in Ufa. He is married and has a young child. Vadim has secondary specialised education, worked as a hairdresser.

In 2014, he was convicted under Part 1 of Article 119 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Threat of murder or causing serious bodily harm") to 300 hours of community service. Sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.

In custody since April 19, 2017.