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Melikov Ilkin Shafi ogly

Date of birth: August 14, 1995 (30 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 7 лет в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  June 6, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Sverdlovsk Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  Religious list

Melikov Ilkin Shafi ogly, born on August 14, 1995 in Azerbaijan, citizen of the Russian Federation, secondary vocational education, resident of Nizhnevartovsk. Charged under Part 2 of Article 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization"), Part 1 of Article 205.1 (as amended on July 6, 2016 N 375-FZ "Assistance to terrorist activity - inducement, recruitment, other involvement of a person in the commission of a crime provided for in Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, as well as the financing of terrorism"), Part 1 of Article 205.2 ("Public calls for terrorist activity, public justification and propaganda of terrorism"), Part 1 of Article 30, subparagraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 ("Preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy"), Part 3 of Article. 222.1 (as amended on November 24, 2014 No. 370-FZ "Illegal acquisition, storage, carrying, sale of an explosive device committed by an organized group"), Part 3 of Art. 222 (as amended on November 24, 2014 No. 370-FZ "Illegal acquisition, sale, storage and carrying of firearms, ammunition committed by an organized group") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for a combination of crimes up to 30 years' imprisonment. Deprived of liberty since April 29, 2022.

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07 Feb, 2025 | 19:02

Ilkin Melikov is a political prisoner