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Gurbanov Nazim Nazimovich

Date of birth: July 12, 1994 (31 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Solnechnogorsk
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  December 3, 2024
Sentence:  5 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  August 19, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 6, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Moscow Oblast

Nazim Gurbanov, a resident of Solnechnogorsk in the Moscow oblast, became the subject of a criminal case due to nine comments posted on various Telegram channels between August 2023 and September 2024. Investigators determined that these posts were motivated by political hatred toward the Russian leadership and contained calls for terrorism, extremism, and activities undermining state security, as well as incitement to hostility. In December 2024, following a search of his apartment, Gurbanov was detained and remanded to a pre-trial detention center. The court sentenced him to 5 years in a general-regime penal colony.