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Ibragimov Ismet Tairovich

Date of birth: January 25, 1988 (38 years old)
citizenship: Украина
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:  July 7, 2020
Sentence:  19 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 5 лет в тюрьме, 2 года ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  July 8, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 6, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Pskov Oblast

Ibragimov Ismet Tairovich, born January 25, 1988 in Krasnodar Krai. He is married and has three young children. He lived in Crimea before his arrest.

He was sentenced under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 30 of Article 278 ("Preparation for the violent seizure or retention of power") of the Russian Criminal Code to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony, including 5 years in prison, and 2 years of restricted freedom after serving his sentence. The appellate court upheld the sentence.


He was arrested on July 7, 2020 and taken into custody on July 8, 2020.