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Muratov Zekirya Saitovich

Date of birth: June 28, 1957 (68 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  11 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  February 11, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Muratov Zekirya Saitovich, born June 28, 1957 in Uzbekistan. Resident of the city of Alushta in Crimea. Citizen of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Zekirya has a higher musical education, he is a disabled person of the 3rd disability category, a pensioner. Married, has a minor child in his care.

Sentenced under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Art. 30, Art. 278 ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 11 years and 6 months in a strict regime penal colony.

In custody since July 7, 2020.