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Galimov Renat Gumarovich

Date of birth: June 29, 1987 (38 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 205.1 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  April 24, 2018
Sentence:  14 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  August 26, 2019
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 19, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Volgograd Oblast

Galimov Renat Gumarovich, born June 29, 1987, citizen of the Russian Federation, with basic vocational education, married, one minor child, previously convicted of robbery - convictions expunged, lived in the city of Leninogorsk, Republic of Tatarstan. Sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony under Part 2 of Article 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation", liable to up to 20 years in prison) and Part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Assistance to terrorist activity", liable to up to 15 years in prison) on charges of involvement in the Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, banned in Russia.
In custody since April 24, 2018.