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Гизатуллин Руслан Гаязович

Date of birth: December 12, 1977 (48 years old)
Occupation: образование и педагогика
Article of the Criminal Code:  212 ч. 2 ; 318 ч. 1
Form of repression:  unknown
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  February 3, 2024
Sentence:  4 года 2 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  December 23, 2025
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  June 15, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Current list of those persecuted without imprisonment

Ruslan Gayazovich Gizatullin was born on December 12, 1977. He is a resident of the city of Baymak (Republic of Bashkortostan), a citizen of Russia, a pensioner; he previously worked as a physics teacher and later as a concrete worker.

On December 23, 2025, he was sentenced under Article 212, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Participation in mass riots accompanied by violence, the use of objects posing a danger to others, as well as armed resistance to a representative of the authorities”) and Article 318, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Use of violence not dangerous to life or health against a representative of the authorities or their relatives in connection with the performance of official duties”) to 4 years and 2 months of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.

He has been deprived of liberty since February 3, 2024.