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Omerov Riza Enverovich

Date of birth: March 3, 1988 (38 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:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 2 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  January 12, 2021
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 9, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Chuvash Republic – Chuvashia

Omerov Riza Enverovich, born March 3, 1988. Resident of Belogorsk. Citizen of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Riza has a higher education. He worked as a sales representative for the company "Real Crimea". Married, has four minor children.

Sentenced to 13 years in prison under Part 2 of Article 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation"), Part 1 of Article 30, Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power by an organised group by prior conspiracy").

In custody since June 10, 2019.