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Kantimirov Eldar Shkurievich

Date of birth: July 10, 1980 (45 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 2 года в тюрьме, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  August 16, 2021
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 8, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Buryatia

Kantimirov Eldar Shkurievich, born July 10, 1980. Resident of Alushta. Citizen of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. He taught Arabic at a mosque. Eldar has a secondary education. Married, has four young children.

Under Part 2 of Article 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 30, Article 278 ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of freedom for 1 year after release.

In custody since June 10, 2019.

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