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Khabirov Salavat Baiegitovich

Date of birth: September 13, 1982 (43 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  October 1, 2014
Sentence:  17 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год 6 месяцев ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  February 4, 2016
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Orenburg Oblast

Khabirov Salavat Baiegitovich, born September 13, 1982, resident of Chelyabinsk, with secondary general education, married, has two dependent children born in 2013 and 2014, worked as a slinger in Chelyabinsk before his arrest. Convicted under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation and participation in the activities of such an organisation"), Part 1 of Article 30, Article 278 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power") for organizing the activities of the international religious and political party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", recognised as terrorist in Russia. Salavat was sentenced to imprisonment for 17 years in a strict regime penal colony, followed by restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year and 6 months. Deprived of freedom since his arrest on October 1, 2014.