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Kaiumov Azamat Rinatovich

Date of birth: September 30, 1982 (43 years old)
Occupation: рабочие профессии
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  20 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год 6 месяцев ограничения свободы, штраф 600.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  August 30, 2018
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Udmurt Republic

Kaiumov Azamat Rinatovich, born September 30, 1982, washing machine repairman, lived in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organisation of the activities of an organisation that is recognised as terrorist in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation") and Part 1 of Article 30, Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Preparation for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power, as well as the violent change of the constitutional order"), he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with a fine of 600 000 roubles (~€5760) and restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year and 6 months upon release on charges of membership in the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, which, even according to investigators, did not participate in violent actions.

In custody since February 4, 2015.