Gafarov Akim Muzikerovich, born on February 7, 1966, a citizen of Russia, in 2016 moved from Crimea to the village of Novoalekseevka, Kherson Oblast of Ukraine, has a higher education.
In 2021, he was sentenced in absentia under Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation on the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation not provided for by the legislation of this state, for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation") to 8 years in prison, the sentence was overturned. On May 22, 2024, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 5 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the first 3 years to be served in prison. On August 8, 2024, the appellate court tightened the sentence to 8 years in a strict regime colony with the first 3 years to be served in prison.
Deprived of liberty since May 2022.
