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Makhmutov Bulat Auhatovich

Date of birth: September 29, 1992 (33 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1 ; 205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  15 лет 10 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  June 5, 2017
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Uliyanovsk Oblast

Makhmutov Bulat Auhatovich, born September 29, 1992, lived in Kazan, has 1 child in his care.

On June 5, 2017, he was convicted of membership in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia, under Part 1 ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 2 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code to 15 years and 10 months in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year.

He has been in custody since September 27, 2016.