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Khalikov Rustam Osmanovich

Date of birth: June 7, 1977 (48 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 205.1 ч. 1.1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 4 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  May 27, 2021
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Penza Oblast

Khalikov Rustam Osmanovich, born June 7, 1977 in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, received higher education, single, has a minor child in his care, no previous convictions. On May 27, 2021, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 ("Involvement in terrorist activity") of the Russian Criminal Code to 12 years of imprisonment, of which 4 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony. He was detained on November 26, 2019, and is currently being held in custody in Chelyabinsk.