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Osmanov Erfan Serverovich

Date of birth: September 3, 1982 (43 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  March 27, 2019
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 2 года в тюрьме, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  January 11, 2023
Current location:  Penal colony No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Tyva

Osmanov Erfan Serverovich, born September 3, 1982. He is an activist who regularly attended political trials in Crimea. Erfan has two children.

On January 11, 2023, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation"), Part 1 of Article 30 and Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power") to 13 years of imprisonment, of which the first 2 years in prison, and the rest in a strict regime colony, with restriction of freedom for 1 year after release. The appellate court upheld the sentence.

In custody since March 27, 2019.

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