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Guseykhanov Yusuf Makhmudovich

Date of birth: January 6, 1988 (38 years old)
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  May 6, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Guseykhanov Yusuf Makhmudovich, born January 6, 1988, native of the village of Yargil, Republic of Dagestan. Worked as a crane operator in Moscow.

Sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and restriction of freedom for 1.5 years under Part 1 of Article 30 and paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy") and two episodes of Part 2 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal storage of ammunition and explosive devices by a group of persons by prior conspiracy").
Found guilty by the verdict of the Moscow District Military Court on March 10, 2016.

De facto deprived of liberty since May 7, 2014.